Academic stress and health: Exploring the moderating role of personality hardiness

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 421-429

  Hystad, Sigurd W ^a   Eid, Jarle ^a   Laberg, Jon C ^a   Johnsen, BjØrn H ^a   Bartone, Paul T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b National Defense University   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Health; Personality hardiness; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349874784     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830903180349     Document Type: Article

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