Self-Critical Perfectionism, Acculturative Stress, and Depression Among International Students

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 575-600

  Rice, Kenneth G ^a   Choi, Chun Chung ^a   Zhang, Yanmei ^a   Morero, Yanina Ines ^a   Anderson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturative stress; depression; international students; perfectionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859150592     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000011427061     Document Type: Article

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