Dealing with the stress of college: A model for adult students

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-263

  Kohler Giancola, Jennifer ^a   Grawitch, Matthew J ^a   Borchert, Dana ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Adult undergraduates; Coping; Nontraditional students; Role strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149097946     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713609331479     Document Type: Article

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