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

Abstract

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.