Sustaining Resilience Through Local Connectedness Among Sojourn Students

Cheung, Chau‐kiu; Yue, Xiaodong

doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0034-8

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“…Conversely, Poyrazli and Kavanaugh (2006) found that international students who connected socially with students from the host country showed lower levels of stress than those who were more isolated. In a similar vein, Cheung and Yue (2013) found that local connectedness was positively associated with resilience and negatively associated with depressed mood among 215 Mainland Chinese students enrolled in a Hong Kong university.…”

Section: Acculturation Acculturative Stress and Behavioral Health Rmentioning

confidence: 80%

Behavioral Health Risk and Resilience among International Students in the United States: A Study of Socio-demographic Differences

Kim¹,

Maleku

Lemieux³

et al. 2019

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Using a resilience framework, the current cross-sectional study examined indicators of behavioral health risk and resilience among U.S. international students (N=322) across key socio-demographic characteristics. A multimethod approach was used to collect data with both an online platform and paper-based survey instrument. Results showed that higher levels of acculturative stress were reported by older students, females, undergraduates, students who lived with their families, and those who had resided in the US longer than 2 years. Findings underscore the importance of culturally-relevant screening and prevention strategies that target resilience and other protective factors to reduce health risk and encourage well-being and academic success among international students.

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Section: Acculturation Acculturative Stress and Behavioral Health Rmentioning

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Behavioral Health Risk and Resilience among International Students in the United States: A Study of Socio-demographic Differences

Kim¹,

Maleku

Lemieux³

et al. 2019

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“…It has been suggested that each of these friendship networks offers different resources, with co-nationals largely providing emotional support and host nationals offering functional or instrumental assistance (Bochner et al, 1977); however, more recent research has shown that a higher ratio of host national individuals in international students' social networks is associated with their greater satisfaction and contentment (Hendrickson et al, 2011). More broadly, host national connectedness has been shown to attenuate the negative effects of the educational and cultural stressors that international students encounter during their transitions (Kashima and Loh, 2006;Zhang and Goodson, 2011;Cheung and Yue, 2013). It is also linked to higher levels of satisfaction with the international student experience (Rohrlich and Martin, 1991) as well as lower levels of homesickness and social isolation (Ying and Han, 2006;Hendrickson et al, 2011).…”

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Cross-Cultural Transition and Psychological Adaptation of International Students: The Mediating Role of Host National Connectedness

2020

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Cross-cultural transitions are challenging and often have detrimental consequences for psychological well-being. This is particularly true for international students at tertiary institutions who are not only transitioning between school and higher education, but also between vastly different educational systems. This study tests a predictive model of psychological adaptation with international students whereby host national connectedness mediates the effects of personal resources and contextual factors on adaptive outcomes. A sample (N = 1527) of international tertiary students in New Zealand completed a survey that measured self-reported English language proficiency, perceived cultural distance, perceived cultural inclusiveness in the classroom, host national connectedness (defined by frequency of contact, number of friends, social support, and general belongingness), and positive (life satisfaction) and negative (psychological symptoms) indicators of psychological adaptation. Path analysis indicated that host national connectedness fully mediated the effects of English language proficiency on psychological symptoms and partially mediated the effects of language proficiency, cultural distance and cultural inclusion in the classroom on life satisfaction and psychological symptoms. The findings highlight the importance of international students' relationships with host nationals, and the results are discussed in relation to strategies that could enhance student-host connectedness during crosscultural transitions.

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“…However, the resulting paradox is that, compared to permanent migrants, host country integration efforts are deemed as neither necessary nor imperative for temporary migrants (Kim, 2001; Ting-Toomey, 1999). That is, given the time-limited and nonresidency-related characteristics of temporary migrations, international students tend to prioritize academic concerns at the expense of integration concerns (Cheung & Yue, 2013). Yet, as our study shows, this belief may be a fallacy, given that willingness to acculturate was related not only to international students’ overall adjustment but also to international students’ primary objective of academic adjustment.…”

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Acculturation Motivation in International Student Adjustment and Permanent Residency Intentions

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The present study uses a two-phase mixed-methods design to explore the role of motivation to acculturate within the international student experience. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test acculturation motivation (AM) as a predictor of international student adjustment and permanent residency intentions, over and above age, gender, academic year, and English competence. Greater motivation to acculturate was indeed a significant predictor of international student adjustment and increased intentions of pursuing permanent host country residency. To better understand how international students' experiences relate to levels of AM, qualitative analyses were employed. International students with low levels of AM were more likely to express negative feelings about cross-cultural adjustment, university perception, and peer relationships, compared to students with high levels of AM. Despite such differences, academic and developmental struggles as well as academic successes were similarly voiced across both comparison groups.

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Sustaining Resilience Through Local Connectedness Among Sojourn Students

Cited by 33 publications

References 77 publications

Behavioral Health Risk and Resilience among International Students in the United States: A Study of Socio-demographic Differences

Behavioral Health Risk and Resilience among International Students in the United States: A Study of Socio-demographic Differences

Cross-Cultural Transition and Psychological Adaptation of International Students: The Mediating Role of Host National Connectedness

Acculturation Motivation in International Student Adjustment and Permanent Residency Intentions

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