Personality changes after the ‘year abroad’? A mixed-methods study

Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-127

  Tracy Ventura, Nicole ^a   Dewaele, Jean Marc ^b   Köylü, Zeynep ^a   McManus, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

longitudinal study; mixed methods; Multicultural Personality Questionnaire; personality; study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977445771     PISSN: 24055522     EISSN: 24055530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sar.1.1.05tra     Document Type: Article

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