Egitim ve Bilim
Volume 41, Issue 184, 2016

Impact of acculturative stress and social support on academic adjustment of international students (Article) (Open Access)

Cura Ü. , Işik A.N.
  • a Mevlana University, Graduate Institute for the Social Science, Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning and Economics Department, Turkey
  • b Mevlana University, Faculty of Education, Educational Sciences Department, Turkey

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between academic adjustment, acculturative stress and perceived social support. The sample of the study consisted of 298 international students who were randomly selected among 1520 international students studying at four different universities in Turkey. The results of this study revealed that there were negative correlation between academic adjustment and acculturative stress, and positive correlation between academic adjustment and perceived social support. The results demonstrated that acculturative stress and perceived social support were significant predictors of academic adjustment of international students.

Author Keywords

Internationalization International students Perceived social support Academic adjustment Acculturative stress

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84965010983&doi=10.15390%2fEB.2016.6158&partnerID=40&md5=7887e0c0396642cd463d2328a5233b24
DOI: 10.15390/EB.2016.6158
ISSN: 13001337
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English