“It’s About Missing Much More Than the People”: How Students use Digital Technologies to Alleviate Homesickness

Kelly, Ryan; Cheng, Yueyang; McKay, Dana; Wadley, Greg; Buchanan, George R.

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445362

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“…The family influence factor was also not supported by the majority of participants in the present study. While some did mention family in the decision to attend college in the US, the use of technology bridged the gap in feeling homesick ( Kelly et al, 2021 ), which lessened the identification of family in the transition process. This study’s results suggest the updated revision for this model should exclude family influence in the adjustment model.…”

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“Sorry, I’m not from here!”: Female international student-athletes’ transitions into college athletics in the United States

2023

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The number of NCAA international student-athletes (ISAs) on US college campuses has increased to upwards of 20,000. This current study sought to investigate their transition experiences into colleges, based on the ISA transition adjustment model. More specifically, this study sought to better understand how recent changes in the NCAA have impacted the ISA population and if the antecedent factors in the transition adjustment model (personal, inter-personal, perceptual, and cultural distance) still represent the best indicators of successful transition for ISAs. To conduct this study, semi-structured interviews were completed with 10 current and former female Division I ISAs from six separate schools and seven countries. The results from this study suggest the core antecedents of the model – personal, inter-personal, perceptual, and cultural distance – were all still relevant. However, the factors included among these antecedents have shifted over time, with this study finding the importance of faculty and students (inter-personal) and nutrition (cultural distance) as significant factors in the transition of ISAs into US colleges. The results provide insights to administrators of US college athletics regarding how to help international student-athletes’ adaptation.

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“Sorry, I’m not from here!”: Female international student-athletes’ transitions into college athletics in the United States

2023

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“…It could be that those struggling with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, or financial insecurity were unwilling to participate in the study. It is important to point out here that recent studies have shown that mental health varies greatly from person to person during the pandemic ( Kelly et al, 2021 ; Mooney and Becker, 2021 , 2021h lund, 2021 ) and that eating disorders have generally increased ( Zhang, 2021 ). Although we do not assume that for most of them, as most of them declined us politely with sound reasons (such as a lack of time, since the interviews had to be carried out within a narrow time span).…”

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“…While pandemic-induced changes related to education and work (cf. ( Afonso et al, 2020 ; Gaggi et al, 2020 ; Kelly et al, 2021 )) and leisure behavior (cf. ( Benford et al, 2021 ; Niu et al, 2021 ; Yeung, 2020 )) have been explored in recent studies from a human-computer interaction (HCI) perspective, food practices, and in particular the media and technology used during those practices in pandemic times, are rarely examined (cf.…”

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The role of technology use in food practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

Weber

Ludwig

Michel

2023

International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science

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“…We used a semistructured interview guide, with an initial set of open-ended questions that enabled participants to share their personal experiences (see Multimedia Appendix 1 for the questions). The interview questions were developed as a team, drawing on our collective experience of research on digital communication technologies [ 51 , 52 ], older adults [ 53 , 54 ], and aged care [ 29 , 55 ]. The researcher took notes during the interviews and asked follow-up questions to probe responses in detail.…”

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Video Calls as a Replacement for Family Visits During Lockdowns in Aged Care: Interview Study With Family Members

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Xing²,

Baker³

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JMIR Aging

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Background Lockdowns have been used to prevent the spread of transmissible illnesses such as influenza, norovirus, and COVID-19 in care homes. However, lockdowns deny care home residents supplemental care and the socioemotional enrichment that comes from seeing family members. Video calling has the potential to enable ongoing contact between residents and family members during lockdowns. However, video calls can be considered by some as a poor substitute for in-person visits. It is important to understand family members’ experiences with video calling during lockdowns to ensure the effective use of this technology in the future. Objective This study aimed to understand how family members use video calls to communicate with relatives living in aged care during lockdowns. We focused on experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, which involved extensive lockdowns in aged care homes. Methods We conducted semistructured interviews with 18 adults who had been using video calls with relatives living in aged care during pandemic lockdowns. The interviews focused on how participants had been using video calls, what benefits they gained from video-based interactions, and what challenges they encountered when using the technology. We analyzed the data using the 6-phase reflexive approach to thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke. Results We developed 4 themes through our analysis. Theme 1 interprets video calling as a medium for the continuation of care during lockdowns. Using video calls, family members were able to provide social enrichment for residents and engaged in health monitoring to uphold residents’ welfare. Theme 2 highlights how video calling extended care by supporting frequent contact, transmitting nonverbal cues that were essential for communication, and negating the need for face masks. Theme 3 interprets organizational issues such as the lack of technology and staff time as impediments to the continuation of familial care through video. Finally, theme 4 highlights the need for 2-way communication, interpreting residents’ unfamiliarity with video calling and their health conditions as further barriers to the continuation of care. Conclusions This study suggests that, during restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, video calls became a medium for enabling family members to continue participating in the care of their relatives. The use of video calls to continue care illustrates their value for families during times of mandatory lockdown and supports the use of video to complement face-to-face visits at other times. However, better support is needed for video calling in aged care homes. This study also revealed a need for video calling systems that are designed for the aged care context.

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“It’s About Missing Much More Than the People”: How Students use Digital Technologies to Alleviate Homesickness

Cited by 19 publications

References 73 publications

“Sorry, I’m not from here!”: Female international student-athletes’ transitions into college athletics in the United States

“Sorry, I’m not from here!”: Female international student-athletes’ transitions into college athletics in the United States

The role of technology use in food practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

Video Calls as a Replacement for Family Visits During Lockdowns in Aged Care: Interview Study With Family Members

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