Interrelationships between coping, school connectedness and wellbeing

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-276

  Frydenberg, Erica ^a   Care, Esther ^a   Freeman, Elizabeth ^a   Chan, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Coping; Middle school; School connectedness; Secondary school students; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849085412     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410905300305     Document Type: Article

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