Psychological adaptation of Turkish students at U.S. campuses

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-143

  Bektaş, Yelda ^a   Demir, Ayhan ^b   Bowden, Randall ^c  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kaplan University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation factors; Psychological adaptation; Turkish college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349229782     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10447-009-9073-5     Document Type: Article

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