Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2020. Vol. 9, no. 4, 129–137
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2020090412
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)
Conditions for the adaptation of foreign students to universities
Abstract
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Keywords: foreign students, foreign postgraduates, acculturation, academic adaptation, socio-psychological adaptation, social support
Journal rubric: Educational Psychology and Pedagogical Psychology
Article type: review article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2020090412
For citation: Apasova М.V., Kulagina I.Y., Apasova E.V. Conditions for the adaptation of foreign students to universities [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2020. Vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 129–137. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2020090412. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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