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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.
Book Synopsis CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STRESS COPING by : Huanzhen Xu
Download or read book CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STRESS COPING written by Huanzhen Xu and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China has become a leading source of international college students for Western countries, including the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Given Chinese students' increasingly large contribution to the college population and financial import (tuition, travel expenses, other expenses, etc.) to the host countries, their specific needs in community services such as mental health and counseling should be addressed. Studies across different countries have explored the challenges associated with overseas experiences. These studies indicate that international college students, relative to domestic students, face higher levels of stress given the additional acculturative challenges. Research has further shown that Chinese international students reported high levels of psychological distress (depression, anxiety, stress). However, there is little research either investigating the measurement of unique stressors experienced by Chinese International Students or developing culturally sensitive interventions for their stress management. In the current two-part study, we aimed to, first, identify unique stressors of Chinese international students in the United States; and second, further design a culturally relevant Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention focused on helping Chinese international students manage the transition from their home country to the United States. Additionally, we ran a pilot study (randomized clinical trial) to examine the effectiveness of this intervention. Focus groups results revealed ten major domains of acculturative stress experienced by Chinese International Students. An acculturative stress measure, the Unique Stress of Chinese International Students (USCIS), was developed from the focus groups. The USCIS contains 103 items and demonstrated excellent internal consistency and convergent validity based on a sample of 30 Chinese International Students. Results of the pilot study based on a sample of 8 participants showed preliminary effectiveness of ACT in reducing depression, anxiety, stress, and acculturative stress reported by Chinese international Students.
Book Synopsis Pathways to Well-Being During the Cultural Transition Process by : Ivan Wu
Download or read book Pathways to Well-Being During the Cultural Transition Process written by Ivan Wu and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Help-seeking Attitudes in Chinese International Students in Community Colleges by :
Download or read book Help-seeking Attitudes in Chinese International Students in Community Colleges written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of this mixed methodology study is to explore the psychological help-seeking attitudes amongst the Chinese international students attending community colleges when facing acculturative stress. The social-behavioral model (Andersen & Newman, 1995) of help-seeking behaviors that included the variables of personal factors (e.g. age, gender), environmental factors (e.g. social support), and acculturation level were considered. A mixed-methods design was implemented using 39 Chinese international students and seven assessments. These assessments included the Attitudes toward Seeing professional Psychological help Scale (ATSPPHS), a modified versions of the Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale (SL-ASIA), Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS), Asian Value Scale-Revised 9AVS-R), Multidimentional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Brief Religious Coping (Brief RCOPE), and a demographic questionnaire. Additionally, two focus groups with students and four interviews with administrators were conduced to understand students' acculturated challenges, their coping strategies, and their psychological help-seeking attitudes.
Book Synopsis The Acculturative Stress Experience of Chinese and Indonesian International Students by : Hugo Gonzales
Download or read book The Acculturative Stress Experience of Chinese and Indonesian International Students written by Hugo Gonzales and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a longitudinal study aiming to ascertain the influence of ethnic identity, daily hassles, social network of support, coping strategies, English language proficiency, self-rating of health, and demographic variables on levels of acculturative stress and overall distress experienced by international students from mainland China and Indonesia. Students from these countries (and a comparison group of Australians students) completed measures on the above constructs at different stages of their sojourn to Australia, namely, at entry, four months after entry and eight months after entry. A grand total of 974 students completed the entry questionnaire (277 Indonesians, 558 Chinese and 139 Australians), 291 students completed the four months follow up questionnaire and 148 students completed the three waves of assessment (41 Indonesian, 69 Chinese and 38 Australian students).The international students were recruited from 17 Australian universities. The Australian sample was recruited at Macquarie University. A separate sample of 161 students from Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia completed a translated version of the questionnaire to ascertain the equivalence of Indonesian students living in Australia with students attending Universitas Indonesia. This study used both hard copy and web-based delivery mode of the questionnaire to students participating in this study. A sub-sample of 20 Indonesian and Chinese international students completed a one-to-one in-depth interview to investigate their acculturative stress experiences further.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 (Ward, Okura, Kennedy, & Kojima, 1998). Both Indonesians and Chinese experienced more distress than local Australian students across the three waves of assessment. These findings refute the traditional U-curve assumption of cultural shock, which argues that sojourners go through different phases in their process of adjustment to the host society, comprising honeymoon, disillusionment and readjustment phases. Chinese students scored higher on ethnic identity than Indonesians, and this was reflected in their lower levels of distress, particularly when they first entered the Australian culture. Contrary to traditional views, the Chinese were more willing than Australians to admit suffering emotional difficulties, and both Indonesian and Chinese students were willing to seek professional help for support with their emotional difficulties. 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. Other predictors of high distress were language other than English as preferred language in Australia, using less support-seeking coping, less problem-focused coping, more willingness to seek professional help for emotional difficulties, and more religious coping. These findings contribute to the literature of stress and coping and have implications for both counselling international students and policy development for international offices in higher education". -- Abstract.
Book Synopsis Coping, Multicultural Personality, Acculturative Stress and Psychological Adjustment Among Chinese International Students by : Ran Zhao
Download or read book Coping, Multicultural Personality, Acculturative Stress and Psychological Adjustment Among Chinese International Students written by Ran Zhao and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study examined coping appraisal as a mediator, collectivistic coping styles, and multicultural personality as moderators, between perceived acculturative stress and psychological adjustment among a sample of 178 Chinese international students in United States. Structural Equation Modeling analyses indicated that coping appraisal partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological adjustment, and multicultural personality moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological adjustment. Hierarchical regression analyses cross-verified the moderating effects and specifically indicated that the association between acculturative stress and psychological adjustment was weaker as Emotional Stability (one of the multicultural personality factors) increased. None of the collectivist coping styles serve as significant moderators for acculturative stress and psychological adjustment. Implications of this study findings among Chinese international students were discussed.
Book Synopsis Acculturative Stress, Collective Coping, and Psychological Well-being of Chinese International Students by : Joanna Shuk-Nga Lau
Download or read book Acculturative Stress, Collective Coping, and Psychological Well-being of Chinese International Students written by Joanna Shuk-Nga Lau and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological well-being and the mediating and moderating role of collective coping strategies on the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological well-being for Chinese international college students in the southern region of the United States. In particular, this study examined: (a) the associations between acculturative stress and positive and negative components of psychological well-being, (b) the influence of stress appraisal on acculturative stress, (c) the moderating effect of collective coping strategies on the relationship between acculturative stress and different components of psychological well-being, and (d) the mediating effect of collective coping strategies on the relationship between acculturative stress and different components of psychological well-being. The results indicated that Chinese international students encountered acculturative stress, utilized collective coping strategies, and experienced both positive and negative components of psychological well-being. As expected, acculturative stress was negatively associated with positive psychological outcomes and positively associated with negative psychological outcomes. Stress appraisal was predictive of acculturative stress. A principal component analysis with varimax rotation suggested that a two-component solution (internal acculturative stress and external acculturative stress) more effectively and efficiently captured the six acculturative stress subscales previously proposed. A second principal component analysis with varimax rotation suggested that a two-component solution (active collective coping and passive collective coping) also more effectively and efficiently described the previously proposed seven collective coping subscales. Neither active nor passive collective coping strategies moderated the relationship between acculturative stress and psychological outcomes. However, passive collective coping (the combination of forbearance and fatalism coping strategies) partially mediated the relationship between external acculturative stress (the combination of perceived discrimination, perceived hate, and fear) and depression, and the relationship between external acculturative stress and anxiety for Chinese international students. Implications of these findings for clinical research and future empirical research are discussed.
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 . This book was released on 2008 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Coping with Academic Stressful Events in Chinese Students by : Ho-Tat Matthew Chu
Download or read book Coping with Academic Stressful Events in Chinese Students written by Ho-Tat Matthew Chu and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Coping With Academic Stressful Events in Chinese Students: Optimism, Cognitive Appraisal, and Attribution" by Ho-tat, Matthew, Chu, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: DOI: 10.5353/th_b2979131 Subjects: Stress management for children - China - Hong Kong
Book Synopsis Communication Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Chinese Students in the United States by : Qiu Lu Liang
Download or read book Communication Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Chinese Students in the United States written by Qiu Lu Liang and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Asian American Psychology by : Frederick T. L. Leong
Download or read book Handbook of Asian American Psychology written by Frederick T. L. Leong and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2006-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of the Handbook of Asian American Psychology fills a fundamental gap in the Asian American literature by addressing the full spectrum of methodological, substantive, and theoretical areas related to Asian American Psychology. This new edition provides important scholarly contributions by a new generation of researchers that address the shifts in contemporary issues for Asians and Asian Americans in the U.S.
Download or read book Learning ACT written by Jason B. Luoma and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is among the most remarkable developments in contemporary psychotherapy. This second edition of the pioneering ACT skills-training manual for clinicians provides a comprehensive update—essential for both experienced practitioners and those new to using ACT and its applications. ACT is a proven-effective treatment for numerous mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, eating disorders, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and more. With important revisions based on new developments in contextual behavioral science, Learning ACT, Second Edition includes up-to-date exercises and references, as well as material on traditional, evidence-based behavioral techniques for use within the ACT framework. In this fully revised and updated edition of Learning ACT, you’ll find workbook-format exercises to help you understand and take advantage of ACT’s unique six process model—both as a tool for diagnosis and case conceptualization, and as a basis for structuring treatments for clients. You’ll also find up-to-the-minute information on process coaching, new experiential exercises, an increased focus on functional analysis, and downloadable extras that include role-played examples of the core ACT processes in action. By practicing the exercises in this workbook, you’ll learn how this powerful modality can improve clients’ psychological flexibility and help them to live better lives. Whether you’re a clinician looking for in-depth training and better treatment outcomes for individual clients, a student seeking a better understanding of this powerful modality, or anyone interested in contextual behavioral science, this second edition provides a comprehensive revision to an important ACT resource.
Book Synopsis The Lived Experience of Chinese International Students in the U.S. by : Yalun Zhou
Download or read book The Lived Experience of Chinese International Students in the U.S. written by Yalun Zhou and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks a departure from traditional assumptions concerning the deficiencies of Chinese international students in terms of learning and adapting. It employs phenomenological narrative inquiry and a small culture approach to investigate the evolved, fluid experience of pursuing a graduate degree in the U.S. at Blue Fountain University (a pseudonym for a mid-western university). Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, this book addresses two fundamental questions: What study abroad is and what study abroad counts? The sociocultural dimensions that shape the cross-border degree seeking endeavors inform stakeholders what works for Chinese international students’ successful pursuits as EFL learners and ESL users and what could be improved. This book shares thoughts on the implications and impact of educational contexts to stakeholders at normal and dynamic contexts interrupted by global pandemic outbreak. It contributes to the understanding of the internationalization of the host institute and the EFL education reform efforts (policy making, teacher education, and classroom practice) in China (and in Asia at large).
Book Synopsis The Mindful and Effective Employee by : Paul E. Flaxman
Download or read book The Mindful and Effective Employee written by Paul E. Flaxman and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of improving and maintaining employees’ psychological health is now widely recognized by occupational health researchers and practitioners, business leaders, human resource professionals, and policy makers alike. Indeed, a growing body of research has established that psychological well-being is one of the most important factors in job performance. The Mindful and Effective Employee offers an evidence-based workplace training program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). The program is specifically designed to improve employees’ psychological health—as well as their effectiveness at work and in their personal lives—through a combination of mindfulness and values-guided behavioral skills. This book is designed for use by psychologists, coaches, occupational health practitioners, and human resource professionals who are interested in improving employee well-being, performance, and quality of life. The training program described in this book is designed to: • Promote employee self-awareness • Help employees find purpose, direction, and meaning • Offer new ways to improve work and life effectiveness • Help employees identify and pursue valued goals and actions
Book Synopsis Stress-coping of Recently Arrived Chinese High School Students by : Tai-Ling Terina Khoo
Download or read book Stress-coping of Recently Arrived Chinese High School Students written by Tai-Ling Terina Khoo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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
Book Synopsis Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in Clients by : Ruth Baer
Download or read book Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in Clients written by Ruth Baer and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does mindfulness work? Thousands of therapists utilize mindfulness-based treatments and have witnessed firsthand the effectiveness of these approaches on clients suffering from anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues. But for many clinicians, the psychological processes and brain functions that explain these changes remain a mystery, and effective methodologies for measuring each client's progress are elusive. In Assessing Mindfulness and Acceptance Processes in Clients, Ruth Baer presents a collection of articles by some of the most respected mindfulness researchers and therapists practicing today. Each contribution assesses the variables that represent potential processes of change, such as mindfulness, acceptance, self-compassion, spirituality, and focus on values, and determines the importance of each of these processes to enhanced psychological functioning and quality of life. Clinicians learn to accurately measure each process in individual clients, an invaluable skill for any practicing therapist. A seminal contribution to the existing professional literature on mindfulness-based treatments, this book is also an essential resource for any mental health professional seeking to illuminate the processes at work behind any mindfulness and acceptance-based therapy. The Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series As mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies gain momentum in the field of mental health, it is increasingly important for professionals to understand the full range of their applications. To keep up with the growing demand for authoritative resources on these treatments, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series was created. These edited books cover a range of evidence-based treatments, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), compassion-focused therapy (CFT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) therapy. Incorporating new research in the field of psychology, these books are powerful tools for mental health clinicians, researchers, advanced students, and anyone interested in the growth of mindfulness and acceptance strategies.
