Psycho-social predictors of acculturative stress and adjustment in Pakistani Institutions

Muhammad Akram Riaz1, Rafia Rafique2

  • 1Mr. Muhammad Akram Riaz, MS. Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

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