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

Autor/inn/en	Yu, Baohua; Bodycott, Peter; Mak, Anita S.
Titel	Language and Interpersonal Resource Predictors of Psychological and Sociocultural Adaptation. International Students in Hong Kong.
Quelle	In: Journal of studies in international education, 23 (2019) 5, S. 572-588Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153; 1552-7808
DOI	10.1177/1028315318825336
Schlagwörter	Akkulturation; Kontakt; Psychologie; Interkulturalität; Sprachkompetenz; Diskriminierung; Soziokulturelle Bedingung; Internationalität; Adaptation; Student; Hongkong
Abstract	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. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2020/2