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Download full textThacker, Charlene; Novak, Mark – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
A study of 276 women aged 35-64 re-entering higher education used the life-event framework to focus on stresses of university life, coping methods, and adaptations to school demands. Subgroup (women with young families and mature families) experiences were compared. Each had different motives, strains, and coping methods. Program options are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coping, Family (Sociological Unit), Females
