Assessing occupational stress, strain, and coping for North American teachers in Kuwait

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 681-690

  Alkhadher, Othman ^a   Al Naser, Hessah ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING; WORKLOAD;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846796332     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.681-690     Document Type: Review

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