Stress, sex differences, and coping strategies among college students

Current Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-97

  Brougham, Ruby R ^a   Zail, Christy M ^a   Mendoza, Celeste M ^a   Miller, Janine R ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349253025     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-009-9047-0     Document Type: Article

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