Personal, health, academic, and environmental predictors of stress for residence hall students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-24

  Dusselier, Lauri ^a   Dunn, Brian ^d   Wang, Yongyi ^e   Shelley II, Mack C ^c   Whalen, Donald F ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Residence ^*  (United States)

^c Research Institute for Studies in Education   (United States)

^d Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield   (United States)

^e University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Illness; Residence hall; Stress; Student

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 23344447497     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.54.1.15-24     Document Type: Review

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