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The role of identity in international students’ psychological well-being in the United States

A model of depression level, identity gaps, discrimination, and acculturation

Bibliographic Data

ID8092674
AuthorsEura Jung (University of Southern Mississippi, corresponding author), Michael L Hecht (0000-0002-5747-1378, Pennsylvania State University), Brooke Chapman Wadsworth (Pennsylvania State University)
Year2007
Volume31
Issue5
Pages605-624
Publication date2007-06-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Intercultural Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0147-1767 • E-ISSN: 1873-7552
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ijintrel.2007.04.001
OpenAlexW2136081906
LanguageEN
Citations received80
References cited62

Acculturation · Cultural identity · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Identity (music · Immigration · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Moderation · Personal identity · Political science · Self-concept · Social group · Social identity theory · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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