What do college students have to lose? Exploring the outcomes of differences in person-environment fits

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 528-555

  Feldman, Kenneth A ^a   Smart, John C ^b   Ethington, Corinna A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 6344228549     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2004.11772336     Document Type: Article

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