"You Cannot Talk with All of the Strangers in a Pub": A Longitudinal Case Study of International Postgraduate Students' Social Ties at a British University

Autor/in	Schartner, Alina
Titel	"You Cannot Talk with All of the Strangers in a Pub": A Longitudinal Case Study of International Postgraduate Students' Social Ties at a British University
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 69 (2015) 2, S.225-241 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-014-9771-8
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Case Studies; Social Networks; Foreign Students; Group Dynamics; Well Being; Social Adjustment; Semi Structured Interviews; Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Models; Friendship; Correlation; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Gruppendynamik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Soziale Anpassung; Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Analogiemodell; Freundschaft; Korrelation; Großbritannien
Abstract	The formation of social ties is a major factor in the international student experience (Ramsay et al. in High Educ 54(2):247-265, 2007), influencing student wellbeing and adjustment to the new academic and sociocultural environment (Ward et al. in The psychology of culture shock. Routledge, Hove, 2001). Although a significant body of research in the international student literature has explored the role of social ties in student adjustment (Maundeni in Race Ethn Educ 4(3):253-276, 2001), there is a lack of studies monitoring student sojourners' social ties longitudinally. This case study therefore sought to investigate the dynamics and functions of social ties by tracking a group of international students over one academic year. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted at three time stages with 20 international postgraduate students at a single UK university. The aim was to replicate and extend the Functional Model of Friendship Networks (Bochner et al. in Int J Psychol 12(4):277-294, 1977) which suggests that student sojourners typically form three distinct social networks: a co-national network, a host national network, and a non-co-national international network. The data shows evidence for a lack of host contact, reveals complexities associated with co-national contact, and points to the dominance of highly supportive "international ties". Further longitudinal research is called for to further inform our understanding of international students' social contact patterns over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01