Stress and academic achievement among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue , 2011, Pages 646-655

  Elias, Habibah ^a   Ping, Wong Siew ^a   Abdullah, Maria Chong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic achieveemnt; Stress; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555189977     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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