Development and Validation of the Acculturative Stress Scale for Pakistani Muslim Students

Bashir, Asma; Khalid, Ruhi

doi:10.1080/23311908.2020.1714101

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“…Students completed two subscales of the Acculturative Stress Scale (Bashir and Khalid, 2020), rating items on a 5-point scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). The first subscale measures discrimination stress (i.e., a feeling of unfair treatment) on the grounds of one's international student status, ethnicity, and gender (three items, e.g., "I feel that because I'm a foreign student I'm denied the privileges enjoyed by the local students here;" α = 0.68/0.72 for English/Polish version).…”

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The Psychological and Academic Effects of Studying From the Home and Host Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021

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Objective: This study explored the psychological and academic effects of studying online from the home vis-à-vis host country during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the experience of international students at the University of Warsaw, Poland.Methods: A total of 357 international students from 62 countries (236 in the host country and 121 in the home country) completed an online questionnaire survey 2 months after transition to online learning. We studied students' levels of loneliness, life and academic satisfaction, acculturative stress, academic adjustment, performance, loyalty, and perceptions of the online learning experience.Results: The country-of-residence variable had no statistically significant effects on most psychological and academic variables. Significant effects were observed only for two academic variables. Specifically, students who returned to the home country found online communication with other students more contributing to their online learning experience and exhibited higher academic adjustment than students who remained in the host country. This suggests the positive influence of (peer and familial) support on online learning experience from the home country. Furthermore, a significant difference in experiencing acculturative stress occurred for students in quarantine/self-isolation in the host country, which expands prior literature on the disruptive effects of social distancing on students' mental health. Finally, this study confirmed the expected increased levels of loneliness among self-isolating students in both countries, hence extending prior results to the home- and host-country contexts. No relationship between self-isolation and students' life or academic satisfaction was found, which is explained by the specific nature of the learning-from-home experience.

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The Psychological and Academic Effects of Studying From the Home and Host Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021

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“…It's a 24-item scale that is developed by Bashir and Khalid (2020) to measure acculturation stress. It is comprised of a total of 6 subscales namely Academic Stressors, Local and Environmental Stressors, Living and Financial Stressors, Cultural and Religious Stressors, Language, and Discrimination.…”

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Relationship Between Acculturation Difficulty, Coping Skills, and Psychological Wellbeing Among Young Adults

2024

Pak. J. Psychol. Res

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The present study examined the relationship between acculturation difficulty, coping strategies and psychological wellbeing and impact of acculturation difficulty, coping strategies on psychological wellbeing among young adults. Moreover, the study investigated the gender difference. The study was based on correlational research design. The sample consists of 300 students (young adults) with age range 18-35 years including men (184) and women (116) enrolled in university campuses situated at Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Acculturative Stress Scale for Pakistani Muslim Students (Bashir & Khalid, 2020), Coping Scale for University Students (Irshad et al., 2015), and Ryff's Scales of Psychological Wellbeing (Ryff et al., 2004) were used for data collection. Findings revealed that that there was a significant correlation between acculturation difficulty, coping strategies and psychological wellbeing. Multiple Linear Regression Analysis was used to check the effect, findings revealed that acculturation difficulty negatively predicted psychological wellbeing and solution based coping strategies positively predict psychological wellbeing. Furthermore, this study investigated the significant gender difference in terms of acculturation difficulty, coping strategies and psychological wellbeing. This study will help policy makers of universities, social psychologists, practitioners to understand the role of acculturation difficulty, coping strategies in predicting psychological wellbeing in young adults so that we may get individuals who well trained in life skills and psychological wellbeing remain intact.

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“…Within this research corpus, important efforts have been dedicated to measuring acculturation stress in an adequate manner, either through general measures of stress, anxiety, depression, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and other behavioural indicators, or through the construction of instruments to measure this specific type of stress (Bashir & Khalid, 2020 ; Castro-Olivo, Palardy, Albeg, & Williamson, 2014 ; Chavez, Moran, Reid, & Lopez, 1997 ; Rudmin, 2009 ). In Latin America, there is a history of instruments used to measure this type of stress in refugees (Ugalde-Watson et al, 2011 ) and immigrant children (Urzúa, Caqueo-Urízar, & Flores, 2019 ).…”

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Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (EBEA)

Urzúa

Henríquez

Caqueo-Urízar

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Background Acculturation stress is associated with poorer physical and mental health and a lower level of psychological well-being. The causes of acculturation stress are diverse, but most are similar in the migrant population. Despite the importance of evaluating this variable, few studies have reported culturally adapted and validated instruments for specific populations. Based on this, the aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a short scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress (EBEA). Methods Two studies were conducted, involving 1725 first-generation Colombian and Peruvian migrants living in Chile, between the ages of 18 and 60 years. In addition to the EBEA and as evidence of validity, the Beck Anxiety Scale and the WHOQOL-BREF psychological health domain were applied. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out, and the reliability and nomological validity were evaluated. Results The results in both studies indicated that the scale presents a factorial structure of three dimensions: (a) the stress derived from the preparation and departure from the country of origin, (b) the stress produced by socioeconomic concerns in the host country, and (c) the tensions typical of adaptation to sociocultural changes or Chilean society. The reliability coefficients and the analysis of their nomological validity were very good. Conclusions The EBEA is a measure that offers quick, useful screening for researchers who need a short measure for research among migrants. This tool contributes to the work of education, prevention, and intervention in the field of general health and migrants’ mental health.

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Development and Validation of the Acculturative Stress Scale for Pakistani Muslim Students

Cited by 8 publications

References 51 publications

The Psychological and Academic Effects of Studying From the Home and Host Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Psychological and Academic Effects of Studying From the Home and Host Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relationship Between Acculturation Difficulty, Coping Skills, and Psychological Wellbeing Among Young Adults

Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (EBEA)

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