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Anxiety, Stress, & Coping
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Volume 19, 2006 - Issue 1
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Perceived social support, coping, and symptoms of distress in American and Spanish students

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Pages 47-65 | Received 21 Oct 2003, Published online: 25 Jan 2007

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