Loneliness and International Students: An Australian Study

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-180

  Sawir, Erlenawati ^a   Marginson, Simon ^a   Deumert, Ana ^b   Nyland, Chris ^b   Ramia, Gaby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Cross cultural relationships; International students; Loneliness; Networks; Social and economic security

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149090963     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315307299699     Document Type: Article

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