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    Home, half a world away: the cultural logic of acculturation among Indian international students at Colorado State University

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    In this thesis I contend that Indian international students at Colorado State University strive to adjust to life in the United States in accordance with a cognitive "model" of what being well-adjusted entails. This model of being well-adjusted is culture-specific and reflects a negotiation between Indian cultural values and the challenges of life as a CSU student. This cultural logic of adjustment configures subjective well-being in a context-specific way, meaning individuals who are more able to map onto the cultural model of being well-adjusted are likely to experience better subjective ...
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    Author(s)
    Van Oostenburg, Max

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    Snodgrass, Jeffrey

    Date Issued
    2014
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    born digital; masters theses
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