Coping with stress: Social work students and humour

Social Work Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 501-517

  Moran, Carmen C ^a   Hughes, Lesley P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Health; Humour; Social Work Students; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044813374     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470600738890     Document Type: Article

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