Relationships between academic stress, social support, optimism-pessimism and self-esteem in college students

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-130

  Fernandez Gonzalez L ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez A ^a   Trianes Torres, M Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic stress and university students; Optimism; Self esteem; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928309091     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14204/ejrep.35.14053     Document Type: Article

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