Stressors of college: A comparison of traditional and nontraditional students

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Dill, Patricia L ^a   Henley, Tracy B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031600095     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989809599261     Document Type: Article

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