Aspects of acculturation stress among international students attending a university in the USA

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 827-835

  Chavajay, Pablo ^a,c   Skowronek, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LONELINESS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749125005     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.3.827-835     Document Type: Article

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