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Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students

The study attempted to identify which sociodemographic factors predict acculturation stress and also to examine the levels of acculturation stress amongst 208 international students enrolled in a Malaysian university. A convenience sampling technique was implemented for data collection by utiliz...

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Main Authors: Talwar, Prashanth, Soubakeavathi, Rethinasamy, Kartini, Abd Ghani, Tan, Kock Wah, Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
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Language:English
Published: UPSI 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38815/1/Acculturation%20stress1.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38815/
https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/EJOSS/article/view/5673/3597
https://doi.org/10.37134/ejoss.vol8.1.3.2022
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spelling my.unimas.ir.388152023-10-11T03:41:34Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38815/ Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students Talwar, Prashanth Soubakeavathi, Rethinasamy Kartini, Abd Ghani Tan, Kock Wah Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) The study attempted to identify which sociodemographic factors predict acculturation stress and also to examine the levels of acculturation stress amongst 208 international students enrolled in a Malaysian university. A convenience sampling technique was implemented for data collection by utilizing a self-reported questionnaire. As for the sociodemographic factors predict acculturation stress multiple regression analyses demonstrated that among the independent variables, family support, year of study, difficulties in comprehending lectures, and strains of relationship with boyfriend/girlfriend had significant predictive effects on acculturation stress. Young and male international students expressed significantly higher levels of acculturation stress than their older and female counterparts. Students who acknowledged strong family support and were single depicted lesser acculturative stress compared to those with inadequate support and were in a romantic relationship. As for the levels of acculturation stress, findings revealed that acculturation stress was relatively high amongst most of the international students. Perceptions of discrimination and rejection, as well as feelings of homesickness and fear were portrayed by large numbers of students. UPSI 2022-06-29 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38815/1/Acculturation%20stress1.pdf Talwar, Prashanth and Soubakeavathi, Rethinasamy and Kartini, Abd Ghani and Tan, Kock Wah and Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff (2022) Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students. EDUCATUM Journal of Social Science, 8 (1). pp. 23-30. ISSN 2289-9391 https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/EJOSS/article/view/5673/3597 https://doi.org/10.37134/ejoss.vol8.1.3.2022
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
Talwar, Prashanth
Soubakeavathi, Rethinasamy
Kartini, Abd Ghani
Tan, Kock Wah
Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students
description The study attempted to identify which sociodemographic factors predict acculturation stress and also to examine the levels of acculturation stress amongst 208 international students enrolled in a Malaysian university. A convenience sampling technique was implemented for data collection by utilizing a self-reported questionnaire. As for the sociodemographic factors predict acculturation stress multiple regression analyses demonstrated that among the independent variables, family support, year of study, difficulties in comprehending lectures, and strains of relationship with boyfriend/girlfriend had significant predictive effects on acculturation stress. Young and male international students expressed significantly higher levels of acculturation stress than their older and female counterparts. Students who acknowledged strong family support and were single depicted lesser acculturative stress compared to those with inadequate support and were in a romantic relationship. As for the levels of acculturation stress, findings revealed that acculturation stress was relatively high amongst most of the international students. Perceptions of discrimination and rejection, as well as feelings of homesickness and fear were portrayed by large numbers of students.
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author Talwar, Prashanth
Soubakeavathi, Rethinasamy
Kartini, Abd Ghani
Tan, Kock Wah
Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
author_facet Talwar, Prashanth
Soubakeavathi, Rethinasamy
Kartini, Abd Ghani
Tan, Kock Wah
Nur Fatihah, Mat Yusoff
author_sort Talwar, Prashanth
title Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students
title_short Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students
title_full Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students
title_fullStr Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students
title_full_unstemmed Sociodemographic Determinants of Acculturation Stress Among International University Students
title_sort sociodemographic determinants of acculturation stress among international university students
publisher UPSI
publishDate 2022
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38815/1/Acculturation%20stress1.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38815/
https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/EJOSS/article/view/5673/3597
https://doi.org/10.37134/ejoss.vol8.1.3.2022
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