Relationships Among Life Stress, Social Support, Academic Stressors, and Reactions to Stressors of International Students in the United States.

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjita Misra ◽  
Melanee Crist ◽  
Christopher J. Burant
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
International Students ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
The United States

Perceived Social Support among International Students at a U.S. University

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 667-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Chavajay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
International Students ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Social Support Scale

This study investigated the extent and sources of perceived social support among international students attending a northeastern university in the United States. Using the Index of Sojourner Social Support Scale, international students reported perceiving greater socioemotional and instrumental support from other international people than from Americans. Results also indicated that younger international students perceived more socioemotional and instrumental support from others than did older international students. The findings point to sources of social support available to international students in the host culture and the important role such types of social support may play in helping international students make adjustments to living and studying in a new cultural context.

Examining Relationships Between Acculturative and Life Stress of International Students in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Abha Rai ◽  
Sunwoo Lee ◽  
Helen Taylor Yates ◽  
Shena Leverett Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
The United States

Comparative Funeral Practices

1969 ◽  
Vol os-16 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Vanderlyn R. Pine
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
The Body ◽  
Religious Ritual ◽  
Funeral Practices ◽  
Funeral Practice

By comparing funeral practices in Bali, Japan, Russia, England, and the United States, the author shows that funeral practices are designed to provide socially sanctioned solutions to deep psychological needs at the time of bereavement. Suggested universal features of funeral practice across cultures include the provision of social support for the bereaved, religious ritual, funeral expenditure, sanitary disposal of the body, visual confrontation, and the funeral procession, which is generally conceived as a family parade.

scholarly journals The Decline of Japanese International Students

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiko Shimmi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
International Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Shift ◽  
Japanese Students ◽  
Economic Stagnation

The number of Japanese students who study in the United States has decreased recent years. Several structural issues that are influencing the current declines are explored: a demographic shift, an increased capacity at domestic universities, an economic stagnation, the season of job-hunting for Japanese college students, and academic requirements. Then, new trends and approaches for the increase are discussed.

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