Coping, acculturation, and psychological adaptation among migrants: a theoretical and empirical review and synthesis of the literature

BCH Kuo - Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: An Open …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Given the continuous, dynamic demographic changes internationally due to intensive
worldwide migration and globalization, the need to more fully understand how migrants …

Depression and its psychosocial correlates among older Asian immigrants in North America: a critical review of two decades' research

BCH Kuo, V Chong, J Joseph - Journal of Aging and Health, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This article critically reviews two decades of empirically based depression
studies on older Asian immigrants (OAIs) in North America published in English. The …

Biculturalism and adjustment: A meta-analysis

AMTD Nguyen… - Journal of cross-cultural …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Biculturalism (having two cultures) is a growing social phenomenon that has received
considerable attention in psychology in the last decade; however, the issue of what impact (if …

Positive aspects of international student transitions: A qualitative inquiry

L Moores, N Popadiuk - Journal of College Student Development, 2011 - muse.jhu.edu
Despite the considerable growth of the international student population, positive aspects of
their experience have received little attention. The current study combines a Critical Incident …

A study of the first year international students at a Canadian university: Challenges and experiences with social integration

G Zhou, Z Zhang - Comparative and International Education, 2014 - ojs.lib.uwo.ca
An increasing number of international students come to Canada for their higher education.
As a unique group on Canadian campuses, international students deserve our attention so …

Acculturative stress in Asian immigrants: The impact of social and linguistic factors

K Lueck, M Wilson - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2010 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to investigate which linguistic and social constructs predict
acculturative stress in a nationally representative sample of Asian immigrants and Asian …

Chinese international students' social connectedness, social and academic adaptation: The mediating role of global competence

Q Meng, C Zhu, C Cao - Higher Education, 2018 - Springer
This study examined global competence of Chinese international students sojourning in a
non-Anglophone European country as a mediator between foreign language proficiency (ie …

Understanding Chinese international students at a Canadian university: Perspectives, expectations and experiences

Z Zhang, G Zhou - China's higher education reform and …, 2011 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter reports the findings of a research study conducted at the University of Windsor
in Ontario, Canada. The objective of this study was to understand perspectives, expectations …

South Asian and East Asian international students' perceived prejudice, acculturation, and frequency of help resource utilization

LL Frey, G Roysircar - Journal of Multicultural counseling and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Relationships of perceived prejudice and acculturation with frequency of help resource
utilization were examined for South Asian and East Asian international students (N= 110) …

A longitudinal study of acculturative stress and homesickness: High-school adolescents immigrating from Russia and Ukraine to Israel without parents

E Tartakovsky - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2007 - Springer
Background Acculturative stress and homesickness are psychological reactions to cross-
cultural transition. They may cause a decline in social functioning, increased psychological …