Social skills difficulty: Model of culture shock for international graduate students

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-184

  Chapdelaine, Raquel Faria ^a   Alexitch, Louise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 3042568580     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2004.0021     Document Type: Article

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