Understanding Change in Romantic Relationship Expectations of International Female Students from Turkey

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2010-7-27

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Delevi, Raquel
Bugay, Aslı

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In the light of grounded theory, the authors explored change in romantic relationship expectations of international students. Twelve female graduate students from Turkey were interviewed and several themes were identified explaining the presence and absence of change in participants' attitudes toward romantic relationships. The findings are discussed in relation to acculturation and direction for future research is presented.

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Cultural Studies, General Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Change, Acculturation, Romantic relationship, Romantic relationship expectations, International students

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51716

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Contemporary Family Therapy

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-010-9124-4

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R. Delevi and A. Bugay, “Understanding Change in Romantic Relationship Expectations of International Female Students from Turkey,” Contemporary Family Therapy, pp. 257–272, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/51716.