The book is a comprehensive study of the psychological consequences of exposure to
unfamiliar environments. Drawing on theoretical and research literature in a wide range of …

Crossing cultures can be a stimulating and rewarding adventure. It can also be a stressful
and bewildering experience. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Furnham and …

Persons exposed to novel and unfamiliar cultural environments include migrants, foreign
students, refugees, tourists, business persons, international guest workers. Coping with …

As travel has become easier and more affordable, the number of people traveling has risen
sharply. People travel for many and varied reasons, from the business person on an …

The topic of this chapter is the social psychology of cross-cultural interaction. We discuss the
psychological processes that take place during and after meetings between individuals and …

This article considers the popular concept of culture shock from three perspectives. The first
is from the academic perspective, considering how researchers from different disciplines …

This paper considers the research on the ever-popular concept of culture shock and related
ideas. Researchers from different disciplines (anthropology, education, psychiatry …

Abstract 'Culture shock'has been identified as a psychological reaction to a change in
cultural environment. The main symptoms of culture shock are reported to be psychological …

Culture shock has long been of great concern regarding the wellbeing and mental-health of
international sojourners. Over the last three decades, the world has experienced rapid …

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a new questionnaire to measure
culture shock. The population was young British volunteers working in a variety of cultural …