Forbearance coping, identification with heritage culture, acculturative stress, and psychological distress among chinese international students

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-106

  Wei, Meifen ^a   Liao, Kelly Yu Hsin ^a   Heppner, Puncky Paul ^b   Chao, Ruth Chu Lien ^c   Ku, Tsun Yao ^a  

^a W112 Lagomarcino Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Chinese Taiwanese international students; Enculturation; Forbearance coping; Identification with heritage culture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860818540     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025473     Document Type: Article

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