Chinese student's psychological and sociocultural adjustments to Britain: An empirical study

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-53

  Spencer Oatey, Helen ^a   Xiong, Zhaoning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chinese students; Culture shock; International students; Psychological adjustment; Sociocultural adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744481751     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310608668753     Document Type: Article

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