Factors related to stress and coping among Chinese nurses in Hong Kong

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1518-1527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Callaghan ◽  
Shiu Ann Tak-Ying ◽  
Peggy A. Wyatt
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 572-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohua Yu ◽  
Peter Bodycott ◽  
Anita S. Mak

Hong Kong, along with other Asian societies with universities with top world rankings, has in recent years attracted an increasing number of international students, mainly from Asia. Previous research in English-speaking Western countries has indicated the importance of resources, including language proficiency, positive intergroup relations, and social support, in understanding international students’ stress and coping in cross-cultural adaptation. Guided by a similar acculturative stress and coping framework, we investigated predictors of psychological and sociocultural adaptation in a survey sample of 726 international students (62% female and 73% Asian-born) from Hong Kong public universities. We found that English language proficiency, social support, and a low level of perceived discrimination fostered both types of cross-cultural adaptation, while contact with local students and proficiency in the local dialect further enhanced sociocultural adaptation. Implications for future acculturation research and higher education internationalization policies and practices are discussed.


AIDS Care ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 977-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Chan ◽  
A. Au ◽  
P. Li ◽  
R. Chung ◽  
M. P. Lee ◽  
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