Asian international students at an Australian University: mapping the paths between integrative motivation, competence in L2 communication, cross-cultural adaptation and persistence with structural equation modelling

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 727-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohua Yu
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Asian International Students ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Integrative Motivation

Language and Interpersonal Resource Predictors of Psychological and Sociocultural Adaptation: International Students in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 572-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohua Yu ◽  
Peter Bodycott ◽  
Anita S. Mak
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
International Students ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Sociocultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
And Coping

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.

Social axioms and values: a cross‐cultural examination

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwok Leung ◽  
Al Au ◽  
Xu Huang ◽  
Jenny Kurman ◽  
Toomas Niit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social World ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Social Axioms ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modelling Approach

The relationships between social axioms, general beliefs that people hold about the social world, and values, defined as desirable goals for life, were examined in five cultural groups. Results show that the correlations between social axioms and Schwartz's (1992) values are generally low, suggesting that they represent two distinct types of construct. Based on a structural equation modelling approach, results further show that generally speaking, the five axiom dimensions are related to the value types in a meaningful and interpretable manner, and that these relationships are generally similar across the five cultural groups. Implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Silent Protest: Cross-Cultural Adaptation Processes of International Students and Faculty

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Katharina Resch ◽  
Beate Hörr ◽  
Iris Thimm Netenjakob ◽  
Vera Varhegyi ◽  
Joana Manarte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Processes
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