Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 220-230 , June 2009

A Preliminary Assessment of Adjustment Disorder Among First-Year College Students

  • Laura S. Rodgers

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Laura S. Rodgers, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, Professor, Nursing Department, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, 37 South College Avenue, Saint Joseph, MN 56375-2099.
  • ,
  • Linda R. Tennison

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 Work on this project was partially supported by a Rooney Research Grant awarded to Laura S. Rodgers from the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University.

PII: S0883-9417(08)00107-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.05.007

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 220-230 , June 2009