Identity and the role of expectations, stress, and talk in short-term student sojourner adjustment: An application of the integrative theory of communication and cross-cultural adaptation

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 450-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret J. Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Integrative Theory

Culture Shock and Cross-Cultural Adaptation Or, I Was OK Until I Got Here

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riall Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Culture Shock ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Transition ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Everyday

Cross-cultural interaction is occurring today on an unprecedented scale, as North meets South and West meets East. Many people believe that this will promote peace and understanding, and in the long run, they may well be right. But in the short term, such contact is more likely to produce "culture shock"—a stress-related syndrome whose symptoms can include. anxiety, confusion, depression, hostility, and even physical illness. This article discusses the phenomenon of culture shock and the role it plays in cultural transition—the process by which the exotic becomes the everyday.

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