Perceived acculturative stress and sense of coherence in Chinese nursing students in Australia

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-350

  He, Flora X ^a   Lopez, Violeta ^b   Leigh, Maria C ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative stress; Chinese nursing students; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859638892     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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