Preliminary examination of international students' adjustment and loneliness related to electronic communications

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-170

  Smith, Timothy B ^a   Shwalb, David A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 34248579536     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.1.167-170     Document Type: Article

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