When family enters the picture: The model of cultural negotiation and gendered experiences of Japanese academic sojourners in the United States

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 558-577

  Sakamoto, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic sojourners; Acculturation; Cultural adaptation; Cultural identity; Cultural negotiation; Culture and self; Gender roles; International graduate students; Japanese couples

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SOJOURNER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPOUSE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASSERTIVENESS; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEGOTIATING; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPOUSES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33747473274     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.3.558     Document Type: Article

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