Coping strategies of high school students with learning disabilities: A longitudinal qualitative study and grounded theory

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-303

  Givon, Sara ^a   Court, Deborah ^b  

^a Jerusalem College of Engineering   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Grounded theory; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951735579     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390903352343     Document Type: Article

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