Acculturative stress and binge drinking among international students in the United States: Resilience and vulnerability approaches

Kim, Youn Kyoung; Cronley, Courtney

doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1538998

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“…Furthermore, mental resilience mediates the relationship between stress and binge drinking [25]. Low resilience levels may, thus, result in increased ineffective coping skills, such as increased alcohol use, to manage stressors [26].…”

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Associations between Mental Resilience, Mood, Coping, Personality, and Hangover Severity

Terpstra

Verster

Scholey

et al. 2022

JCM

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Extensive research exists on relationships between psychological constructs and alcohol consumption. However, research on relationships with hangover severity remains limited. This study aimed to assess the associations between mental resilience, mood (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress), coping, personality, and hangover severity. A total of N = 690 participants completed an online survey by answering questions regarding their demographics, alcohol use, hangover prevalence and severity, and several psychological assessments (Brief Resilience Scale, DASS-21, Brief Cope, and Brief Version of the Big Five Personality Inventory). Significant associations were found between hangover severity and mental resilience, mood, and avoidant coping. Higher levels of mental resilience were associated with less severe hangovers, whereas poorer mood was associated with more severe hangovers. No significant associations were found with personality traits. These findings demonstrate that several associations between psychological constructs and hangover severity exist and suggest a role of psychological factors in the pathology of the alcohol hangover. As our findings contrast with the results of previous studies that did not report an association between mental resilience and the presence and severity of hangovers, further research is warranted.

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Associations between Mental Resilience, Mood, Coping, Personality, and Hangover Severity

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Verster

Scholey

et al. 2022

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“…Background: The international student cohort has been especially impacted due to COVID-19 restrictions -travel bans, transition to online classes, self-isolation and job losses have caused disruptions to academic progress, social lives and economic stability (Van de Velde et al, 2021). Kim and Cronley (2020) found that international students under high stress and with low resilience are at higher risk of binge drinking and mental health issues. Alongside alleviating stress and preventing burnout, academic resilience may prevent health risk behaviours.…”

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“…The most critical challenge that encounters international students is the adjustment to the new host environments, which might contribute to their susceptibility to intense emotional experiences and other mental health issues [43]. One of the most manifestations of such psychological problems is acculturative stress [18][19][20][21], associated with feelings of stress, anxiety, depression, and physical illness [2,[23][24][25][26][27][28]. The acculturative stress is developed because the international students encounter considerable difficulty in making new adjustments because of the lack of social support, communication problems, and homesickness [72].…”

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“…However, one of the most serious challenges that international students encounter is the failure to adjust to the host country [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. This results in deteriorated health conditions and severe health problems [18][19][20][21], alcohol consumption [21,22], feeling of anxiety [23,24], stress, depression, and physical illness [2,21,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], which negatively affect students' academic achievements and lead to their dropout from universities [34][35][36]. In other words, international students experienced acculturative stress, which refers to the various psychological and behavioral stressors that afflict an individual due to being exposed to another culture and society [9,37], which is recognized as a serious and critical issue experienced by international students [2,9,17,38,39].…”

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Efficacy of Interventional Programs in Reducing Acculturative Stress and Enhancing Adjustment of International Students to the New Host Educational Environment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Aljaberi

Alsalahi

Juni

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IJERPH

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This review aimed to systematically outline and meta-analyze the efficacy of psychoeducational, cultural orientation, socio-cultural, and peer-pairing programs in reducing acculturative stress and enhancing adjustment among international students worldwide. The consulted databases were PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, EBSCO, and ProQuest. Eligibility criteria allowed the inclusion of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental trials without applying language, country, publication type or time restrictions. The quality of the eligible studies was appraised by the RoB2 tool of Cochrane for RCTs and JBI critical appraisal tools for quasi-experimental trials. Data items were collected based on PICO acronym by two investigators and reviewed for accuracy by a third one. The evidence was narratively synthesized and validated by proceeding with a random model meta-analysis using Cochrane RevMan software(Version 5.4). The quality of the pooled evidence from meta-analysis was assessed using the tool of GRADE. Out of 29,975 retrieved records, 14 studies (six RCTs and eight quasi-experimental trials) were included. The psychoeducational program significantly reduced acculturative stress and enhanced adjustment. In contrast, cultural orientation and peer-pairing programs significantly enhanced adjustment, but could not reduce acculturative stress. In meta-analysis, acculturative stress was significantly reduced in the psychoeducational intervention versus controls [overall pooled size effect = −3.89 (95% CI: −5.42, −2.53) at p < 0.001]. Similarly, adjustment was significantly enhanced in the psychoeducation and socio-cultural interventions versus control [overall pooled size effect = 3.10 (95% CI: 2.35, 3.85) at p < 0.001]. In conclusion, the psychoeducational program demonstrated superior efficacy in reducing acculturative stress and enhancing adjustment compared to the other interventional programs. However, socio-cultural programs have still been effective in enhancing adjustment. This systematic review is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42018104211).

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Acculturative stress and binge drinking among international students in the United States: Resilience and vulnerability approaches

Cited by 21 publications

References 47 publications

Associations between Mental Resilience, Mood, Coping, Personality, and Hangover Severity

Associations between Mental Resilience, Mood, Coping, Personality, and Hangover Severity

Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Virtual Conference Proceedings 2021

Efficacy of Interventional Programs in Reducing Acculturative Stress and Enhancing Adjustment of International Students to the New Host Educational Environment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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