Earning and learning: Role congruence, state/trait factors and adjustment to university life

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 895-914

  Swanson, Vivien ^a   Broadbridge, Adelina ^a   Karatzias, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33845514227     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X65009     Document Type: Article

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