International students' personal and multicultural strengths: Reducing acculturative stress and promoting adjustment

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-223

  Yakunina, Elena S ^a,c   Weigold, Ingrid K ^a   Weigold, Arne ^b   Hercegovac, Sanja ^a   Elsayed, Noha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Notre Dame College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturative stress; adjustment; international students; strengths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874730243     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2013.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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