Living life in two worlds: Acculturative stress among Asian international graduate student parents and spouses

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-478

  Myers Walls, Judith A ^a   Frias, Larissa V ^b   Kwon, Kyong Ah ^c   Ko, Mei Ju Meryl ^d   Lu, Ting ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82055186408     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.42.4.455     Document Type: Article

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