An interpretative phenomenological analysis of stress and coping in first year undergraduates

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1002-1024

  Denovan, Andrew ^a   Macaskill, Ann ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890771433     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3019     Document Type: Article

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