Individual differences, dysfunctional attitudes, and social support: A study of the psychosocial adjustment to university life of home students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Halamandaris, K F ^a   Power, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030637960     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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