Adjustment of homeless adolescents to a crisis shelter: Application of a stress and coping model

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-89

  Dalton, Melanie M ^a   Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; Coping; Homeless; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036108986     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014041201490     Document Type: Article

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