Demographic, academic and psychological profile of students attending counseling services at the university of granada (Spain)

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-85

  Arco, J L ^a   Fernandez, F D ^b   Heilborn, V A ^b   Lopez, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Universidad De Granada ^*

Author keywords

Academic failure; Counseling; Dropout student; Personal needs; University student

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644364807     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-005-2249-8     Document Type: Article

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