Stress among Shanghai university students: The need for social work support

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-344

  Chen, Honglin ^a   Wong, Yu Cheung ^a   Ran, Mao Sheng ^b   Gilson, Christie ^c  

^a University of HKG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; College stress; Coping strategy; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949182880     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017309334845     Document Type: Article

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