Acculturative stress, perfectionism, years in the United States, and depression among Chinese international students.

By Meifen Wei, P. P. Heppner, M. Mallen, Tsun-Yao Ku, K. Liao, Tsui-Feng Wu. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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A review of the acculturation experiences of international students (2011, background): “…adaptation and have been linked with poor psychological well-being and depression (Atri, Sharma, & Cottrell, 2006; Jung, Hecht, & Wadsworth, 2007; Wei et al., 2007); has been found to predict higher levels of homesickness (Poyrazli & Lopez, 2007); and can discourage international students from…”
Self-Critical Perfectionism, Acculturative Stress, and Depression Among International Students (2012, background): “62%) was lower than the initial response rate Wei et al. (2007) obtained (39%) but closer to the final proportion of usable surveys in their sample of students from both China and Taiwan (29%).”
East Asian International Students and Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review (2014, background): “Consequently, East Asian international students often experience several psychological problems such as stress (Wei et al., 2007), depression (Zhang, 2012), and loneliness (Anderson, 1999).”
International Students in the U.S.: Social and Psychological Adjustment (2013, methodology): “Namely, in this sample, those who experienced higher acculturative stress and less social support also had more depressive symptoms and more difficulty with sociocultural adjustment, a finding which has been demonstrated previously (Dao et al., 2007; Misra et al, 2003; Wei et al., 2007; Ying & Han, ”
Factors That Contribute to the Adjustment of International Students. (2016, background): “…unfamiliarity with available resources and how to access those resources, lack of an established social support system and/or social network compound the problems experienced in those areas (Smith & Khawaja, 2011) and often manifest in depression, loneliness and isolation (Wei et al., 2007).”
The Psychological Well-Being and Sociocultural Adaptation of Short-Term International Students in Ireland (2010, neutral): “Indeed, previous researchers using similar methods of data collection with university students have reported response rates as low as 22% and as high as 39% (Sills & Song, 2002; Wei et al., 2007).”