Acculturation, attachment, and psychosocial adjustment of Chinese/Taiwanese international students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 422-433

  Wang, Chia Chih D C ^a   Mallinckrodt, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adult attachment; Chinese culture; International students

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION INDEX; ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS SCALE; FOREIGN STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROCESS MODEL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOCULTURAL ADAPTATION SCALE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750190046     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.53.4.422     Document Type: Article

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