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Addressing the problems faced by married international students

In recent decade, there has been an increasing rate of international students all over the world, but little is known about the marital life of this population. The need to understand graduate students’ intentions to pursue an academic career has become more important over the years. While Internati...

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Main Authors: Vaez, Elham, Juhari, Rumaya, Yaacob, Siti Nor
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Language:English
Published: UAD Press 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43661/1/Addressing%20the%20problems%20faced%20by%20married%20international%20students.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.436612016-08-08T04:38:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43661/ Addressing the problems faced by married international students Vaez, Elham Juhari, Rumaya Yaacob, Siti Nor In recent decade, there has been an increasing rate of international students all over the world, but little is known about the marital life of this population. The need to understand graduate students’ intentions to pursue an academic career has become more important over the years. While International students’ cross-cultural adjustment has received considerable attention in the sojourner literature, there is a paucity of research that addresses the unique challenges faced by the married international students. Therefore, this study attempts to examine the empirical findings of various studies that explore factors which contribute to problems of married international students, and have an integrated perspective on the problems that this population faces during their study. The results revealed that acculturation stress, financial stress and social support are the utmost problems that international couples experience. This study offers suggestions for universities to provide facilities that would decrease international students’ marital problems; also to prepare workshops to increase couples’ knowledge of different conflict resolution methods which would be helpful to avoid conflict during their study abroad. UAD Press 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43661/1/Addressing%20the%20problems%20faced%20by%20married%20international%20students.pdf Vaez, Elham and Juhari, Rumaya and Yaacob, Siti Nor (2015) Addressing the problems faced by married international students. Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology, 4 (1). pp. 23-35. ISSN 2088-3129 http://download.portalgaruda.org/article.php?article=315408&val=5539&title=Addressing%20the%20Problems%20Faced%20by%20Married%20International%20Students
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description In recent decade, there has been an increasing rate of international students all over the world, but little is known about the marital life of this population. The need to understand graduate students’ intentions to pursue an academic career has become more important over the years. While International students’ cross-cultural adjustment has received considerable attention in the sojourner literature, there is a paucity of research that addresses the unique challenges faced by the married international students. Therefore, this study attempts to examine the empirical findings of various studies that explore factors which contribute to problems of married international students, and have an integrated perspective on the problems that this population faces during their study. The results revealed that acculturation stress, financial stress and social support are the utmost problems that international couples experience. This study offers suggestions for universities to provide facilities that would decrease international students’ marital problems; also to prepare workshops to increase couples’ knowledge of different conflict resolution methods which would be helpful to avoid conflict during their study abroad.
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