Stress in the lives of college women: "Lots to do and not much time"

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-606

  Larson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human activities and occupation; Mixed methods; Performance load; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749837549     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558406293965     Document Type: Article

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