Acculturative Stress, Perfectionism, Years in the United States, and Depression Among Chinese International Students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-394

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Heppner, P Paul ^b   Mallen, Michael J ^c   Ku, Tsun Yao ^d   Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a   Wu, Tsui Feng ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturative stress; Chinese international students; depression; maladaptive perfectionism; three way interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; STRESS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448972089     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.54.4.385     Document Type: Article

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