Asian international students' intentions to seek counseling: Integrating cognitive and cultural predictors

Asian American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-224

  Yakunina, Elena S ^a   Weigold, Ingrid K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian international students; counseling; help seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053968429     PISSN: 19481985     EISSN: 19481993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024821     Document Type: Article

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