Reverse culture shock in students returning from overseas

By Kevin F Gaw. 2000

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The Effect of Study Abroad on Intercultural Competence Among Undergraduate College Students (2013, background): “In addition, it does not account for the potentially detrimental impact of reverse culture shock—the struggles often experienced while re-acclimating to one’s home culture after an extended period abroad (Gaw, 2000).”
Challenges of university adjustment in the UK: a study of East Asian Master’s degree students (2011, background): “In later contact with these students, it was seen that they encountered little ‘re-entry’ culture shock, as described by Gaw ( 2000 ) and discussed more recently by Chen ( 2001 ).”
Culture shock and reverse culture shock: The moderating role of cultural intelligence in international students’ adaptation (2016, background): “Reverse culture shock is defined as somewhat similar to culture shock, however, the focus is on the difficulties and challenges of re-adapting and re-adjusting to one’s own home culture after one has sojourned or live in another cultural context (Gaw, 2000).”
Reentry Issues Upon Returning From Study Abroad Programs (2011, background): “The first hypothesis was that sojourners would experience greater anxiety and/or depression than similar students who did not study abroad, consistent with Sahin (1990), Rogers and Ward (1993), and Gaw (2000). A second hypothesis was that a very low percent”