Social axioms in Iran and Canada: Intel-cultural contact, coping and adjustment

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-131

  Safdar, Saba ^a   Lewis, John Rees ^b   Daneshpour, Manijeh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Coping; Iran; Social axioms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845401333     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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