Personality dimensions, psychosocial-demographic variables, and English language competency in predicting level of acculturative stress among Turkish International Students

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-110

  Duru, Erdine ^a,c   Poyrazli, Senel ^b,c  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; English language competency; International students; Personality; Psychosocial demographic variables; Social connectedness; Turkish students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947498785     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.1.99     Document Type: Article

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