Resilience in undergraduate social work students: Social support and adjustment to academic stress

Social Work Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-288

  Wilks, Scott E ^a   Spivey, Christina A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Resilience; Social support; Undergraduate social work student

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951541791     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470902912243     Document Type: Article

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