Predictors of sociocultural adjustment among sojourning Malaysian students in Britain

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Swami, Viren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BUDDHISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALAYSIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449597712     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590801888745     Document Type: Article

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