Culture Shock among Young British Volunteers Working Abroad: PredictorS, Risk Factors and Outcome

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-87

  Mumford, David Bardwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cultural differences; culture shock; human migration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034030408     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150003700104     Document Type: Article

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