Stress, coping, and barriers to wellness among psychology graduate students

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-134

  El Ghoroury, Nabil Hassan ^a   Galper, Daniel I ^a   Sawaqdeh, Abere ^a   Bufka, Lynn F ^a  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Coping; Psychology graduate students; Stress; Wellness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874555058     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028768     Document Type: Article

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