Perceived stress, self-efficacy and its relations to psychological well-being status in Iranian male high school students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Moeini, Babak ^a   Shafii, Froug ^b   Hidarnia, Alireza ^c   Babaii, Gholam Reza ^c   Birashk, Behrooz ^d,e   Allahverdipour, Hamid ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 42549105946     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.2.257     Document Type: Article

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