Cultural and gender differences in perceiving stressors: A cross-cultural investigation of African and Western students in Chinese colleges

Stress and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-225

  Hashim, Ismail Hussein ^a   Zhiliang, Yang ^b  

^a Faculty of Education   (Sudan)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Academic stress; Coping; Cross culture; Cultural shock; Overseas college students; Study abroad stress

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STRESS;

EID: 0142074806     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.978     Document Type: Article

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