Publication Date
12-2010
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Dr. Anthony R. Paquin (Director), Dr. Jacqueline Pope-Tarrence, Mr. John Baker
Degree Program
Department of Psychology
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
This study examined the relationships between international students’ ethnic identity, self-efficacy, uncertainty avoidance, and their socio-cultural adjustment. A total of 65 international students (aged 18 to 33 years) from seven countries completed the online questionnaire. As hypothesized, path analyses demonstrated a positive relationship between students’ self-efficacy and their socio-cultural adjustment. International students’ uncertainty avoidance had a negative relationship with their self-efficacy, but a positive relationship with ethnic identity. The hypotheses that international students’ ethnic identity and uncertainty avoidance are negatively correlated to their socio-cultural adjustment were not supported in the present study.
Disciplines
Personality and Social Contexts | Psychology | Social Psychology
Recommended Citation
Zhao, Li, "Socio-Cultural Adjustment of International Students as Expatriates in America" (2010). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 228.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/228