Enhancing social support, hardiness, and acculturation to improve mental health among asian indian international students

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Kanekar, Amar ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^a   Atri, Ashutosh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951234063     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.30.1.e     Document Type: Article

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