Determinants of homesickness chronicity: Coping and personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 531-539

  Tilburg, Miranda A L Van ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a   Heck, Guus L Van ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping; Homesickness chronicity; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042994077     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00262-1     Document Type: Article

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