Stress, coping styles, and optimism: Are they related to meaning of education in students' lives?

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-424

  Krypel, Michelle N ^a   Henderson King, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping style; Education; Optimism; Stress; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956277643     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-010-9132-0     Document Type: Article

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