It's a Long Way Home: International Student Adjustment to Living in the United States

By S. Rajapaksa, L. Dundes. 2002

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Political Science and International Relations

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Citations in the corpus

• The Effects of English Language Proficiency on Adjustment to University Life (2009, background): “International students may experience more loneliness and homesickness than domestic students ( Rajapaksa & Dundes, 2002 ) and fail to interact socially due to the demands of course work ( Lewthwaite, 1996 ).”
• A comparison of mental health literacy, attitudes, and help-seeking intentions among domestic and international tertiary students (2019, background): “Previous research examining psychological distress and wellbeing between international and domestic students has been mixed (Fritz et al., 2008; Hechanova-Alampay, Beehr, Christiansen, & Van Horn, 2002; Janca & Hetzer, 1992; Rajapaksa & Dundes, 2002).”
• Asian international students’ socio-cultural adaptation: Influence of multicultural personality, assertiveness, academic self-efficacy, and social support (2014, unknown): “Social support is a critical factor in the adjustment of ISs in the U.S. (Rajapaksa & Dundes, 2002; Yeh & Inose, 2003; Ying & Liese, 1991), and relationships with both co-national and American students might be important.”
• Success factors for international postgraduate students' adjustment: exploring the roles of intercultural competence, language proficiency, social contact and social support (2013, background): “…been found to experience more stress and anxiety, both academically (Ramsay, Jones, and Barker 2007) and socially (Hechanova- Alampay et al. 2002; Rajapaksa and Dundes 2002; Fritz, Chin, and DeMarinis 2008), as a result of social isolation and a lack of appropriate social support in the…”