Comparing japanese international college students' and U.S. college students' mental-health-related stigmatizing attitudes

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-189

  Masuda, Akihiko ^a   Hayes, Steven C ^b   Twohig, Michael P ^c   Lillis, Jason ^b   Fletcher, Lindsay B ^b   Gloster, Andrew T ^d,e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 68149179854     PISSN: 08838534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2009.tb00101.x     Document Type: Article

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