Achievement goals and coping strategies: Identifying the traditional/nontraditional students who use them

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-54

  Johnson, Marcus Lee ^a   Michael Nussbaum, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 84863418324     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: 15433382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2012.0002     Document Type: Article

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