East Asian International Students and Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review

Li, Jiaqi; Wang, Yanlin; Xiao, Feiya

doi:10.32674/jis.v4i4.450

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“…Acculturative stress represents a growing threat to the health of many first-year international students as they seek knowledge in an unfamiliar cultural environment (Li et al, 2014). A study conducted by Russsell et al (2010) involving 900 international students attending colleges in the US showed that 41% of these students experienced substantial levels of stress in their first year.…”

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“…International students, both graduate and undergraduate, experience a great amount of stress and anxiety when they enroll in a university outside of their country of origin (Li et al, 2014;Russel, 2010). Acculturative stress -as well as adapting to a new culture, language, and customs -plays a significant role in the students' levels of anxiety.…”

Section: Relational Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparison of First-Year International Students' Adjustment to College at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level

Oyeniyi

Smith

Watson

et al. 2021

JCIHE

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Predictors of first-year undergraduate and graduate international students’ adjustment to college were examined using an online survey in 2019. The research sample consisted of 95 international students attending two universities in the United States. Findings showed a statistically significant difference between first-year graduate and undergraduate international students, as related to college adjustment. Further analysis discovered significant relationships among the predictor variables - resilience, relational skills, acculturative stress - and the criterion variable, which is adjustment to college, explaining 55% of the variance. Implications of findings for educators, college counselors, and college administrators, are provided, as well as directions for future research.

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Section: Acculturative Stressmentioning

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Section: Relational Skillsmentioning

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Comparison of First-Year International Students' Adjustment to College at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level

Oyeniyi

Smith

Watson

et al. 2021

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“…International students can be categorized as sojourners, or individuals who stay in the host country for a short period of time to attain a particular goal and then return to their home country (Li, Wang, & Xiao, 2019). They are immersed in an educational environment where they have a unique set of experiences within a specialized population.…”

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Acculturation and Its Implications for the Academic Achievement and Subjective Well-Being of East Asian International Students

Aquino¹

2021

UC Riverside Undergraduate Research Journal Submit

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The U.S. higher education system hosts a wide range of international students with the majority from East Asian countries. East Asian international students may have particular difficulty with acculturating into a novel environment given their predominant interdependent self-construal, which contrasts with the largely independent cultural imperative of the West. The present study investigates the potential associations between international students' acculturation, self-construal (SC), and their academic and psychological adjustment (e.g., achievement goals, academic achievement, subjective wellbeing) to shed light on how East Asian international students can best adapt to a new culture. Participants included a total of 48 East Asian international students (25 male, 23 female; age range: 18 to 23). Results from a series of correlation analyses indicated that there were no significant correlations between acculturation strategy and self-construal. However, there was a significant correlation between performance-avoidance goals and GPA. Additionally, the separation strategy was negatively associated with negative affect and positively associated with life satisfaction, and the marginalization strategy was positively associated with negative affect and negatively associated with life satisfaction. The findings suggest that acculturation strategy is not directly linked to academic achievement; instead, it has a more prominent influence on well-being among East Asian international students. Further longitudinal research may provide a more comprehensive understanding of the association between acculturation and achievement goals in this unique student population.

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“…Problems with a foreign language (e.g., American English), lack of understanding of American culture, and immigration-related issues are just a few examples of the many challenges that students' experience when studying in the U.S. (Smith & Khawaja, 2011;Wu et al, 2015). These challenges are particularly troublesome for East Asian students, the largest international student group studying in the U.S., considering the large cultural gap between East Asia and the U.S. (Li et al, 2019). Compared to students from other parts of the world such as Europe and South Asia, East Asian international students often experience communication difficulties and perceived prejudice, making them less likely to seek help for their respective challenges (Frey & Roysircar, 2006;Jones & Kim, 2013).…”

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Outsiders Within: College Sport as an Avenue to Integrate International Students

Zhou

Pizzo

Funk

2021

JIS

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The increasingly volatile social, cultural, and political environment in the United States has made it difficult for U.S. institutions of higher learning to retain and integrate international students, especially those from East Asian countries. Drawing upon social identity theory and the acculturation process, this study explored how college sport contributes to international students’ university identification using narrative interviews with East Asian international students who attended college football events at a U.S. university. Findings revealed that international students identified with their co-national peers for socialization purposes at football events and identified with the football spectator subgroup through the influence of domestic students, which contributed to university identity. Theoretically, our research highlighted the dynamics between sport identification, university identity, and acculturation by showing how college sport spectatorship can foster university identification but also create cultural distance within the university community. Findings also offer practical guidelines on how universities can use college sport to initiate organic social interactions between students from different cultures and empower international students to identify as essential members of universities.

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East Asian International Students and Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review

Cited by 71 publications

References 49 publications

Comparison of First-Year International Students' Adjustment to College at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level

Comparison of First-Year International Students' Adjustment to College at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level

Acculturation and Its Implications for the Academic Achievement and Subjective Well-Being of East Asian International Students

Outsiders Within: College Sport as an Avenue to Integrate International Students

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