The hassles assessment scale for students in college: Measuring the frequency and unpleasantness of and dwelling on stressful events

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-83

  Sarafino, Edward P ^a   Ewing, Maureen ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Coping; Hassles; Measurement; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0032817910     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448489909595677     Document Type: Article

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