Social work students: Stress, support and well-being

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 963-982

  Collins, Stewart ^a   Coffey, Margaret ^b   Morris, Lana ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social work education; Social work students; Stress; Support; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953835535     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn148     Document Type: Article

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