The contribution of personality, acculturative stressors, and social affiliation to adjustment: A longitudinal study of Taiwanese students in the United States

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-635

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Han, Meekyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stressors; Adjustment; Chinese; International students; Personality; Social affiliation; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748069446     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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