Coping flexibility and locus of control as predictors of burnout among Chinese college students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1087-1098

  Gan, Yiqun ^a   Shang, Jiayin ^a   Zhang, Yiling ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping flexibility; Locus of control; Perceived controllability; Situation strategy fit; Student burnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649004039     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.8.1087     Document Type: Article

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