Sources of Perceived Social Support, Social-Emotional Experiences, and Psychological Well-Being of International Students

Brunsting, Nelson C.; Zachry, Corinne; Liu, Jin-Tong; Bryant, Rhonda M.; Fang, Xuanyu; Wu, Siyu; Luo, Zhengda

doi:10.1080/00220973.2019.1639598

Cited by 28 publications

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“…Increasing individuals perceived social support of individuals was increased, they can help them overcome negative emotions (such as fear and anxiety) caused by disasters and injuries [53][54][55]. Perceived social support can improve their self-efficacy [54], positively relate to social goal pursuit [56] and influence life satisfaction [57,58] and well-being [59,60]. Individuals with higher perceived social support are more likely to engage in group activities [61] and have a more robust group identification [62].…”

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Will Buying Follow Others Ease Their Threat of Death? An Analysis of Consumer Data during the Period of COVID-19 in China

Song

Jin

Gao

et al. 2020

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How to overcome informational conformity consumer behavior when faced with threats of death is a social problem in response to COVID-19. This research is based on the terror management theory, the need to belong theory and the materialism theory. It uses a theoretical model to determine the relationships between threats of death and informational conformity consumer behavior. From 1453 samples collected during outbreak of COVID-19 in China, we used a structural equation model to test multiple research hypotheses. The result shows that threats of death are positively associated with a need to belong, materialism and informational conformity consumer behavior. The need to belong and materialism can play a mediating role between threats of death and information conformity consumption behavior, and perceived social support can play a moderating role between threats of death and information conformity consumption behavior.

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Section: Perceived Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Will Buying Follow Others Ease Their Threat of Death? An Analysis of Consumer Data during the Period of COVID-19 in China

Song

Jin

Gao

et al. 2020

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“…In support of this, another study on perceived social support, social-emotional experiences, and psychological wellbeing of international students also resembled similar findings. The study claimed that an increase in perceived social support lowered loneliness among the students [3]. Another study on attachment style perceived social support, and loneliness among college students also found that there is a negative correlation between perceived social support and loneliness (r= -0.19, P<0.01) [23].…”

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“…Social loneliness is the loneliness resulting from the absence of a broader group of contacts or an engaging social network (friends, colleagues, and people in the neighborhood) [1]. Emotional loneliness is the loneliness from the absence of an intimate figure or a close emotional attachment (a partner, a best friend) [3]. Social support plays an important role in wellbeing, and is one of the major preventative efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19.…”

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Experience of Loneliness and Social Support during COVID-19 Confinement: A Nation-wide self-Assessment among Undergraduates of Nepal

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Dahal

Khanal

et al. 2021

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In the account of the social nature of human beings, the given difficult circumstance due to COVID-19 may call upon social loneliness, emotional loneliness, and moreover, lack of perceived social support. We aim to elucidate by assessing the level of loneliness and the level of social support perceived by college students amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 970 Nepalese undergraduate students. Responses were extracted, cleaned, and analyzed with the help of R-studio (version 1.2.5033). Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation described participants’ demographic characteristics. Karl Pearson’s Correlation analysis and significant test of correlation for loneliness, social support, and their various subscales, respectively were significant at 0.1%, 1%, and 5% level of significance. The mean age of respondents was 22.2 years (SD =2.74). Significant correlations were observed among social loneliness, emotional loneliness, overall loneliness (social loneliness and emotional loneliness combined), social family support, social friends support, social significant others support, and total social support (that is to say, all the social support subscales). The study reported that a decrease in social support leads to an increase in loneliness. Likewise, a decrease in social support from family, friends, and from significant others can increase emotional and overall loneliness.

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“…Cho and Yu (2015) specifically described the differences between organizational and social support, saying that social support is how international students perceive emotional and cognitive support from interpersonal sources. However, other authors defined social support more broadly, including multiple sources (Baines & Abwao, 2021;Briggs & Ammigan, 2017;Brunsting et al, 2021). Due to the conflicting definition of social support, I adapted the framework of Briggs and Ammigan (2017) combined with Baines and Abwao ( 2021), specifying social support as informational, instrumental support and socioemotional support: the first one (informational) is about letting information flow around between students and campus, while the second one (instrumental) is about housing, courses information, and transportation whereas the third one (socioemotional) focuses on emotional or mental support.…”

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The Role of Higher Education Institutions Plays in Supporting Chinese International Students

Zu¹

2022

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Chinese international students play a crucial role in the United States' higher education systems. China remains the top source of international students in the United States, sending more than 372,000 students to the United States from 2020-to 2021. This literature review explicitly focused on Chinese international students. Acknowledging that this student group has both positive and negative experiences interacting with the United States education system, existing research is more likely to focus on individual factors. However, higher education institutions' support systems are playing vital roles in the success of Chinese international students. I looked into issues with existing supports. After reviewing the existing literature, I suggest better support for international Chinese students and future research to consider the linguistic background of research participants and acknowledge international students' heterogeneity. Finally, I conclude by recommending future research that includes more culturally sensitive longitudinal studies, focus group discussions, and relationship building.

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Sources of Perceived Social Support, Social-Emotional Experiences, and Psychological Well-Being of International Students

Cited by 28 publications

References 68 publications

Will Buying Follow Others Ease Their Threat of Death? An Analysis of Consumer Data during the Period of COVID-19 in China

Will Buying Follow Others Ease Their Threat of Death? An Analysis of Consumer Data during the Period of COVID-19 in China

Experience of Loneliness and Social Support during COVID-19 Confinement: A Nation-wide self-Assessment among Undergraduates of Nepal

The Role of Higher Education Institutions Plays in Supporting Chinese International Students

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