Students' stress, coping strategies, and school completion: A longitudinal perspective

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 389-405

  Hess, Robyn S ^a   Copeland, Ellis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Campus Box 106 ^*

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EID: 0035564366     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.16.4.389.19899     Document Type: Article

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