Acculturation, self-construal, mental and physical health: An explorative study of East Asian students in Germany

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 295-303

  Shim, Gayoung ^a   Freund, Henning ^a   Stopsack, Malte ^a   Kämmerer, Annette ^a   Barnow, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depressive symptoms; East Asian students; Self construal; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; EAST ASIAN STUDENTS; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF-CONSTRUAL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOMATIC SYMPTOMS; STUDENT; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; EAST ASIAN STUDENTS; SELF-CONSTRUAL; SOMATIC SYMPTOMS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; STUDENTS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904044684     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12008     Document Type: Article

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