Electronic communication, e.g., e-mail, internet, may facilitate international students' adjustment through contacts maintained in their native country, In the present study, the scores of 45 international students on a measure of adjustment and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale were significantly associated with their electronic communications involving their native country, but not with general internet or e-mail use. International students' scores on the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure were positively correlated with amount of contact with people in their native country but not with scores on measures of adjustment or loneliness. © Psychological Reports 2007.

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