Teaching young people to cope: Benefits and gains for at risk students

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-110

  Frydenberg, Erica ^a   Bugalski, Kerry ^a   Firth, Nola ^a   Kamsner, Shane ^a   Poole, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

At risk students; Coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956490484     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0816512200028881     Document Type: Article

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