Parental attachment and adjustment to higher learning institutions: The role of stress for a Malaysian sample of late adolescents

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-474

  Sim, Tick Ngee ^a   Ng, Ee Lynn ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 35349023022     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00615.x     Document Type: Article

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