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Culture shock and stress among international students

Author : Saied Faqe Ibrahim
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668096953
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis Culture shock and stress among international students by : Saied Faqe Ibrahim

Download or read book Culture shock and stress among international students written by Saied Faqe Ibrahim and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - Culture, Technology, Nations, grade: 60, Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield Hallam University), course: Sociology planing and Policy, language: English, abstract: The main aim of this research is to describe the culture shock and stress, to explore the means of reducing the cultural shock and pressure that is experienced by international students in the United Kingdom and to explain the benefits of studying abroad. In addition, the research design employed a qualitative methodology. After getting consent, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with male participants and the data gathered from three interviewees chosen on the basis of different demographic backgrounds, being from the United Kingdom. The thematic analysis method is to analyse transcribed data. The results of this exploratory research of culture shock and stress; many themes have been specified and explained; such as language, food, weather, dress, education system, technology, and transportation. They are related to the sources of the culture shock, the effect of shock on the international students and the attempts to reduce the culture shock. Also, several themes have been specified, explained and analysed below in terms of sources of pressure, that influence of international students in the UK during studies such as language, academics, differences of culture and homesickness. Also, some benefits of study abroad and methods to decrease stress have been given.

The Psychology of Culture Shock

Author : Colleen A. Ward
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415162351
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Culture Shock written by Colleen A. Ward and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporates over a decade of new research and material on coping with the causes and consequencs that instigate culture shock, this can occur when a person is transported from a familiar to an alien culture.

Life Being an International Student in the United States: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Identity Transformation

Author : Lai Yan Vivyan Lam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Life Being an International Student in the United States: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Identity Transformation by : Lai Yan Vivyan Lam

Download or read book Life Being an International Student in the United States: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Identity Transformation written by Lai Yan Vivyan Lam and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The population of international students at community colleges in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade. International students play a big role in building the cultural diversity on campus by bringing over different cultures and sharing their global perspective to the local community. However, they often face challenges adapting into American culture due to cultural differences in education system, language, lifestyle, etc. By looking into the acculturation process of international students to analyze the culture shock and cultural identity changes they experienced, this paper intends to seek ways to help this group of students to ease their acculturative stress and to maximize their study abroad experience. Two focus groups with a total of eight international students were held at a community college in California to gather ideas, opinions, and stories about their college life in the United States surrounding the topic of acculturation, culture shock, and self-identity. Results from our participants indicated that international students experience significant changes in everyday life and various level of culture shock. The results are greatly depending on the students’ personality and social support network. At the same time, results also suggested that the acculturation experience would strengthen international students’ cultural identities provided with a supportive multicultural learning environment. The acculturation experience is both bitter and sweet giving students acculturative stress yet an eye-opening global adventure.

Psychology Culture Shock

Author : Colleen Ward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000158896
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Psychology Culture Shock by : Colleen Ward

Download or read book Psychology Culture Shock written by Colleen Ward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing cultures can be a stimulating and rewarding adventure. It can also be a stressful and bewildering experience. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Furnham and Bochner's classic Culture Shock (1986) examines the psychological and social processes involved in intercultural contact, including learning new culture-specific skills, managing stress and coping with an unfamiliar environment, changing cultural identities and enhancing intergroup relations. The book describes the ABCs of intercultural encounters, highlighting Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive components of cross-cultural experience. It incorporates both theoretical and applied perspectives on culture shock and a comprehensive review of empirical research on a variety of cross-cultural travellers, such as tourists, students, business travellers, immigrants and refugees. Minimising the adverse effects of culture shock, facilitating positive psychological outcomes and discussion of selection and training techniques for living and working abroad represent some of the practical issues covered. The Psychology of Culture Shock will prove an essential reference and textbook for courses within psychology, sociology and business training. It will also be a valuable resource for professionals working with culturally diverse populations and acculturating groups such as international students, immigrants or refugees.

Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education

Author : A. Fabricius
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137397470
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Book Synopsis Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education by : A. Fabricius

Download or read book Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education written by A. Fabricius and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research that seeks to understand students' experiences of transnational mobility and transcultural interaction in the context of educational settings confronted with linguistic diversity.

Chinese International Students’ Stressors and Coping Strategies in the United States

Author : Kun Yan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811033471
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Chinese International Students’ Stressors and Coping Strategies in the United States by : Kun Yan

Download or read book Chinese International Students’ Stressors and Coping Strategies in the United States written by Kun Yan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Chinese students abroad may suffer stress, and how they conceptualize and adapt to stress in the American higher education environment. To do so, it adopts a mixed methods design: the sequential explanatory design, which is characterized by the collection and analysis of quantitative data followed by the collection and analysis of qualitative data. To date, no empirical research has focused solely upon understanding the stress and coping processes of Chinese students in the United States. This book addresses that gap, enriching the body of literature on international students’ adaptation process in foreign countries.

Culture Shock Among International Students in the United States

Author : Chung-Seun Chung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Culture Shock Among International Students in the United States written by Chung-Seun Chung and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Students

Author : Stefanie Theresia Baier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (859 download)

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Book Synopsis International Students by : Stefanie Theresia Baier

Download or read book International Students written by Stefanie Theresia Baier and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annually thousands of international students attend US colleges and universities which requires them to adjust to a new environment, often accompanied by a culture shock experience. This study analyzes to what degree cultural background, gender differences, language proficiency, self-confidence/self-efficacy, and social support networks impact the adjustment process of international students to the US culture. Forty-five international students attending a Michigan community college were surveyed and interviewed to assess the relationship among self-confidence/self-efficacy, cultural background, gender and social support networks. Western students reported more positive cultural adjustment (M=29.0) than non-western students (M=29.0). Males adjusted better (M=29.4) than their female peers (M=25.4). A significant positive correlation was found between cultural adjustment and the experience of culture shock symptoms. English usage of English as a primary language in the students' home countries accounted for a stronger social support network. These results have implications for college and university personnel in working with international students.

Writing Across Culture

Author : Kenneth Wagner
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820419237
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Writing Across Culture written by Kenneth Wagner and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about culture shock and the writing process. For a student, the relationship between writing and the challenge of living in a foreign culture may not be obvious. The purpose of Writing Across Culture is to aid the student in documenting and analyzing the connection. If culture can be broadly defined as the unwritten rules of every-day life, one effective method for learning these rules is to write about them as they are discovered. In this way, it is possible to see writing as a tool for cultural inquiry and comprehension, and, hence, an antidote for culture shock. Writing Across Culture encourages its readers to become writers engaged in a dialogue - between the individual and the new society - about everyday cultural differences.

Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping

Author : Paul T. P. Wong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387262385
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping by : Paul T. P. Wong

Download or read book Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping written by Paul T. P. Wong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only book currently available that focuses and multicultural, cross-cultural and international perspectives of stress and coping A very comprehensive resource book on the subject matter Contains many groundbreaking ideas and findings in stress and coping research Contributors are international scholars, both well-established authors as well as younger scholars with new ideas Appeals to managers, missionaries, and other professions which require working closely with people from other cultures

The Acculturative Stress Experience of International Students

Author : Hugo Gonzales
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783838388595
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (885 download)

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Book Synopsis The Acculturative Stress Experience of International Students by : Hugo Gonzales

Download or read book The Acculturative Stress Experience of International Students written by Hugo Gonzales and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a longitudinal work aiming to ascertain the influence of ethnic identity, daily hassles, social network, coping strategies, English language proficiency, self rating of health and demographic variables on levels of acculturative stress and overall distress experienced by international students. Students from China and Indonesia completed measures on the above constructs at the entry level and four and eight months after entering Australia and University. A similar group of Local Australian students was recruited to participate for comparison purposes. This study supported the stress and coping model, confirming that sojourners experienced moderate to high levels of stress from their initial interaction with the host society. These findings refuted the traditional U-curve assumption of culture shock which argues that sojourners go through honeymoon, depression and readjustment phases of adjustment. Overall, high daily hassles and acculturative stress were the strongest predictors of high levels of distress. Higher avoidance and self-blame coping strategies were strong predictors of high distress across the three waves of assessment.

Key Words in Multicultural Interventions

Author : Jeffery Scott Mio
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313295476
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Key Words in Multicultural Interventions written by Jeffery Scott Mio and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents common terms used in multicultural counseling and research. Terms are not only denotatively defined, but connotations are also included, as well as historical information and important writings about the terms. Intended to be a resource for those interested in the area of multiculturalism.

Breaking Through Culture Shock

Author : Elisabeth Marx
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1857884779
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Breaking Through Culture Shock written by Elisabeth Marx and published by Nicholas Brealey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Fact Sheet An updated edition of the invaluable how-to guide for anyone working in a virtual team or on an international assignment on succeeding personally & professionally in the world of global business.

An Extraordinary Theory of Objects

Author : Stephanie LaCava
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062223666
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book An Extraordinary Theory of Objects written by Stephanie LaCava and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting and moving collection of original narratives that reveals an expatriate's coming-of-age in Paris and the magic she finds in ordinary objects An awkward, curious girl growing up in a foreign country, Stephanie LaCava finds solace and security in strange yet beautiful objects. When her father's mysterious job transports her and her family to the quaint Parisian suburb of Le Vésinet, everything changes for the young American. Stephanie sets out to explore her new surroundings and to make friends at her unconventional international school, but her curiosity soon gives way to feelings of anxiety and a deep depression. In her darkest moments, Stephanie learns to filter the world through her peculiar lens, discovering the uncommon, uncelebrated beauty in what she finds. Encouraged by her father through trips to museums and scavenger hunts at antique shows, she traces an interconnected web of narratives of long-ago outsiders, and of objects historical and natural, that ultimately help her survive. A series of illustrated essays that unfolds in cinematic fashion, An Extraordinary Theory of Objects offers a universal lesson—to harness the power of creativity to cope with loneliness, sadness, and disappointment to find wonder in the uncertainty of the future.

Journal of International Students 2016 Vol 6 Issue 1

Author : Krishna Bista
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329715527
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Journal of International Students 2016 Vol 6 Issue 1 written by Krishna Bista and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary, peer reviewed publication, Journal of International Students is a professional journal that publishes narrative, theoretical and empirically-based research articles, study abroad reflections, and book reviews relevant to international students, faculty, scholars, and their cross-cultural experiences and understanding in higher education. The Journal audience includes international and domestic students, faculty, administrators, and educators engaged in research and practice in international students in colleges and universities. More on the web: http: //jistudents.org/

Being an Academic

Author : Joёlle Fanghanel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136734724
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Being an Academic written by Joёlle Fanghanel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of academics in universities worldwide has undergone unprecedented change over the past decade. In this book Fanghanel discusses the effect on academics of modes of governance that have fostered the application of market principles to higher education and promoted flexibility and choice as levers for competition across the sector. She explores what it means to be an academic in the 21st century with reference to six ‘moments of practice’ through which she analyses the main facets of academic work and the responses of academics to this neoliberal drive. Being an Academic effectively examines the frameworks that govern academic work and academic lives, and the personal beliefs and ideals that academics bring with them as educators and researchers in higher education. It argues that there is a rich, critical, empowering potential within the academy that can be harnessed to counter the neoliberal stance and shape a meaningful contribution to modes of enquiry that deal with complexity and uncertainty in a global world. Drawing on empirical research collected from a global range of academics, this book examines how academics respond to structural challenges. It offers a re-appraisal of the main dynamics underpinning the professional and intellectual engagement of academics in today’s universities to feed a reflection on possible responses to the complex contemporary world with which the academic endeavour is engaged. The themes explored include academics’ positioning towards: Performativity and managerialism Regulation and professionalisation of practice The relation to learning and students The discipline Research Globalisation Each chapter includes vignettes illustrating the theme addressed, a discussion with reference to the context of policy and practice, published literature and illustrative reference to empirical data collected through interviews amongst academics in the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa and Australia. Providing a fresh look at the role of academics in a changing world, this book is essential reading for all those engaging in higher education research, lecturers new to higher education, and practising academics navigating through their complex role.

United States: The Impact of Culture Shock on Cultural Transitions and Student Mental Health

Author : Aayushi Hingle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781369845174
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book United States: The Impact of Culture Shock on Cultural Transitions and Student Mental Health written by Aayushi Hingle and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research explores the intersections of communication patterns, culture shock, cultural transitions and mental health among different cultures that connect on a University campus. Using the theory of Cognitive Dissonance as the framework, cultural transitions and the effects on mental health of international students was explored via their communication strategies, as well as the effect of the international student's home country's cultural dimension on mental health and help-seeking behavior was also explored. A survey of 202 international students from a large, diverse, minority-serving institution in southern California participated in this study. While findings indicated that cultural dissonance did have a significant effect on mental health, no statistically significant findings to correlate the effect of cultural dimension on mental health and help-seeking behavior were found. Through the recommendation of pedagogical practices that facilitate communication competence in international students, universities can help them transition smoothly. This study has significant implications for future research with international students and their mental health.