Mental health nursing students differ from other nursing students: Some observations from a study on stress and coping: Feature Article

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 390-402

  Pryjmachuk, Steven ^a   Richards, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hardiness; Mental health; Nursing; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 36049019739     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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