Social support buffering of acculturative stress: A study of mental health symptoms among Korean international students

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 399-414

  Lee, Jee Sook ^a   Koeske, Gary F ^a   Sales, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative stress; International students; Mental health; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144234368     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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