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This chapter mainly examines what the most stressful aspects of Chinese students’ personal, social, and academic lives in the United States are, how they characterize their stress, and what conditions they believe tend to account for their stress. The interview results are reported according to themes that emerged during data analysis. Excerpts of respondents’ statements are used to illustrate the results.
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Yan, K. (2017). Chinese International Students’ Stressors in the United States. In: Chinese International Students’ Stressors and Coping Strategies in the United States. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 37. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3347-6_6
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