<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA"^^ . "There were approximately 3,000 international students, scholars and their dependent spouses and children associated with the University of Pittsburgh in 2003-2004. As the accompanying wife of an international student or scholar proceeds to take care of practical home and family tasks in a new and unfamiliar environment—the U.S.—she may experience negative mental health outcomes such as anxiety, frustration, depression, isolation, etc. These adverse outcomes are a significant public health problem for the population of international wives because they decrease quality of life and sense of wellbeing. The symptoms can also have negative affects on the husbands and dependent children of the international wives. Using an ecosystemic approach, the current study contributes to the literature on international student wives by exploring the following research questions at the intersection of the individual and meso-system levels of interaction: (1) What tasks must international wives accomplish in the U.S.? (2) How do international wives access community in order to more successfully accomplish these tasks? (3) What ideas do wives have for how their communities could be enhanced? Using qualitative, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with seven Asian wives of Asian international students and scholars, the current study is an exploration of the tasks that international wives feel they need to accomplish in Pittsburgh and the social systems they access. Three themes emerged from the interviews which described the wives' transition from dependency to agency, their strategies for maintaining cultural identity and the use of \"virtual communities\". The study concludes with practical recommendations of population-specific social support interventions which may be implemented by public health practitioners and other interested purveyors of mental and social support."^^ . "2006-06-02" . . . . . . . . "Jamie Beth"^^ . "Rayman"^^ . "Jamie Beth Rayman"^^ . . . . . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . "raymanjb_etd2006.pdf"^^ . . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "SOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #6813 \n\nSOCIAL NETWORKS AND COMMUNITY AMONG INTERNATIONAL WIVES OF ASIAN ORIGIN IN PITTSBURGH, PA\n\n" . "text/html" . .