Coping and anxiety in college students after the September 11 th terrorist attacks

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-139

  Liverant, Gabrielle I ^a   Hofmann, Stefan G ^a   Litz, Brett T ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety Coping; September 11 th.; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042753794     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003379042000221412     Document Type: Article

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