The impact of adolescent concerns on their academic stress

Educational Review

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-178

  Huan, Vivien S ^a   See, Yeo Lay ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Har, Chong Wan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Adolescent concerns; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549101868     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910801934045     Document Type: Article

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