It's Not Burnout, It's More: Queer College Activists of Color and Mental Health

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-367

  Vaccaro, Annemarie ^a   Mena, Jasmine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; college students; compassion fatigue; race; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859384240     PISSN: 19359705     EISSN: 19359713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2011.600656     Document Type: Article

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