Emotional stress and coping strategies in South African clinical and counselling psychologists

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 835-855

  Jordaan, Ilse ^a   Spangenberg, Judora J ^a   Watson, Mark B ^b   Fouchè, Paul ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Depression; Psychologists; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 38449109000     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630703700411     Document Type: Article

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