Ethnic differences in burnout, coping, and intervention acceptability among childcare professionals

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-371

  Evans, Garret D ^a   Bryant, N Elizabeth ^a   Owens, Julie Sarno ^a   Koukos, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptability; African American; burnout; childcare; coping; ethnicity; intervention; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044220254     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CCAR.0000043040.54270.dd     Document Type: Article

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