Effects of Stress Inoculation Training for 1st-Year Law Students

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-55

  Sheehy, Richard ^a   Horan, John J ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Law school; Law students; Legal education; Stress; Stress inoculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342282637     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.11.1.41     Document Type: Review

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