International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume 69, 2019, Pages 1-10

A meaning-making model of post-migration growth for mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong (Article)

Pan J.-Y. , Ye S. , Chen C.* , Park C.
  • a Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • b City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • c Nanjing Normal University, China
  • d University of Connecticut, United States

Abstract

Studies of stress-related growth have demonstrated the central role of meaning-making processes in the occurrence of growth following stressful life experiences, but few have examined its role in the context of acculturation. This study developed and tested a meaning-making model of post-migration growth using bootstrap-based mediation analysis with a sample of 489 mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong. The data were collected through an online cross-sectional survey. The results showed that acculturative stressor was a significant risk factor and that sense-making coping and core belief re-examination acted as significant protective factors for post-migration growth. Sense-making coping and core belief re-examination, in sequence, partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stressor and post-migration growth. This model demonstrates the importance of the cognitive processing of meaning-making in Chinese students’ post-migration growth. © 2018

Author Keywords

Chinese International students Meaning-making Post-migration growth Acculturation

Index Keywords

major clinical study risk factor bootstrapping Hong Kong Chinese cultural factor university student Article human human experiment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058452133&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijintrel.2018.12.002&partnerID=40&md5=14692de5998530c9b0540cb216266f06
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2018.12.002
ISSN: 01471767
Original Language: English