Not all avoidance help seekers are created equal: Individual differences in adaptive and executive help seeking

SAGE Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1-14

  White, Marie C ^a   Bembenutty, Héfer ^b  

^a New York She feels blessed to teach our future nurses and advocate for those in need   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academics education; Achievement education; Diversity and multiculturalism; Early childhood; Education theory and practice; Educational psychology and counseling; Educational research; Social sciences; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883243017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013484916     Document Type: Article

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