The Construction and Validation of a Social Support Measure for Sojourners

By A. Ong, C. Ward. 2005

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Beyond Culture Learning Theory (2013, background): “…responsibility for facilitating the achievement of instrumental goals, and research has shown that sojourners rely mostly on “locals” for information and the management of day-to-day events, “locals” can also include co-nationals who have experience in the destination country (Ong & Ward, 2005).”
Measuring Cultural Competencies: The Development and Validation of a Revised Measure of Sociocultural Adaptation (2017, methodology): “In line with work by Ong and Ward (2005), the measure proved reliable in the present study (α = .98).”
The Interplay of International Students' Acculturative Stress, Social Support, and Acculturation Modes (2015, methodology): “The ISSS was developed to measure the amount of social support people living and working abroad receive from others.”
The Psychological Well-Being and Sociocultural Adaptation of Short-Term International Students in Ireland (2010, methodology): “Mean (Standard Deviations) for Study Variables by Time and Group Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 International International Irish International ENGa 4.52 (0.93) 4.60 (0.70) — 4.67 (0.62) MSPSSb 6.07 (0.73) 6.20 (0.72) 5.82 (0.70) 6.22 (0.70) UCLA-Rc 35.48 (6.57) 36.56 (8.14) 36.5 (8.22) 35.88 (8.50) CSId 15.1”
Solo female travel risks, anxiety and travel intentions: examining the moderating role of online psychological-social support (2020, background): “…outcomes (Berno & Ward, 2005), which further leads to positive consequences such as reduction and recovery in adverse psychological conditions like stress, tension, and depression (Cunningham & Barbee, 2000; Ong & Ward, 2005), and the subjective well-being of community members (Kim & Lee, 2011).”