Acculturative Stress Among International Postgraduate Students at UKM

Desa, Asmawati; Yusooff, Fatimah; Kadir, Nor Ba’yah Abd

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.287

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“…Mental health of international students needs more attention seeing the advantage they contribute to the economy of the country. The stress experienced through adjusting to a new environment creates anxiety but it is multiplied among international students; which leads to acculturative stress [14].…”

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“…Anxiety shows a negative influence on students' learning outcomes and prevents students from learning a foreign language effectively [11][12][13]. Anxiety is experienced by everyone but the level of anxiety differ and common when an individual is trying to adapt to a new environment [14,15]. Nevertheless, it can be seen as a problem when is frequently experienced and happens in circumstances that does not pose stress [16,17].…”

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The Relationship Between Anxiety and Academic Performance of Postgraduate International Students in a British University: A Cross-Sectional Quantitative Design

Adeoye-Agboola¹

2015

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Aims: Anxiety has a great effect on students' academic performance, especially among international students. Acculturation, discrimination, familiarity with the education system, weather, social support, and language limitation are among the main factors which contribute to anxiety among international students. This small scale study assesses the relationship between anxiety and academic performance of international students among postgraduate international students of in the University of Bedfordshire. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out. A non-randomised purposive sampling of n = 105 postgraduate international students participated in the survey comprising of 66 male, 39 female. The findings indicate that anxiety is significantly correlated to academic performance. Workload, choice of coping with stress, future prospect, and change in the system of education are the major types of anxiety affecting our participants giving significant relationship when cross-tabulated with gender and/ ethnicity. Also in the aspect of difficulties in focusing on their studies, more than 50% disagree showing a significant relationship when compared with gender. Anxiety is seen as a tool to explain academic performance. Hence, it is important that this is considered to make their learning experience more fulfilling.

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The Relationship Between Anxiety and Academic Performance of Postgraduate International Students in a British University: A Cross-Sectional Quantitative Design

Adeoye-Agboola¹

2015

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“…These students serve as a living bridge for the exchange of knowledge, science, technology, culture and lifestyle across countries (Yusoff, ). Compared with other mobile populations, international students are especially at risk for experiencing acculturative stress, as their academic success is highly dependent upon their ability to adapt to the host culture (Desa, Yusooff, & Abd Kadir, ). Acculturative stress puts international students at increased risk for developing mental health problems (Han, Han, Luo, Jacobs, & Jean‐Baptiste, ), particularly depression (Constantine, Okazaki, & Utsey, ).…”

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Path Analysis of Acculturative Stress Components and Their Relationship with Depression Among International Students in China

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Chen

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Acculturative stress prevents international students from adapting to the host culture, increasing their risk for depression. International students in China are a growing and at-risk population for acculturative stress and depression. With data from the International Student Health and Behaviour Survey (Yu et al., ) in China, seven acculturative stress components were detected in a previous study (Yu et al., ), including a central component (self-confidence), three distal components (value conflict, identity threat and rejection) and three proximal components (poor cultural competence, opportunity deprivation and homesickness). The current study extended the previous study to investigate the relationship between these components and depression with data also from International Student Health and Behaviour Survey. Participants were 567 students (59% male, 40.4% African, mean age = 22.75, SD = 4.11) recruited in Wuhan, China. The sample scored high on the Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (M = 92.81, SD = 23.93) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Short Depression Scale (M = 0.97, SD = 0.53). Acculturative stress was positively associated with depression; the association between the three distal stress components and depression was fully mediated through self-confidence, while the three proximal components had a direct effect and a self-confidence-mediated indirect effect. These findings extended the value of the previous study, highlighted the central role of self-confidence in understanding acculturative stress and depression and provided new data supporting more effective counselling for international students in China. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Prolonged stressful environment results in health issues (Desa Yusooff & Kadir, 2012;Erkutlu & Chafra, 2006). , found the higher level of academic stress among the postgraduate students enrolled in higher education programs in Pakistan.…”

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Relationship Between Personality Traits And Academic Stress Among Postgraduate Students In Pakistan

Bhatti¹

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Over the years, increased academic stress has been experienced among postgraduate students of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The struggle for achieving higher level of academic performance can produce academic stress and lead postgraduate students to low academic performance. Research indicates that the increasing amount of stress poses a serious problem for many postgraduate students at the university level. Despite other factors like academic environment, work load and peer expectations; student's personality traits also play an important role in the level of perceived stress among postgraduate students of HEIs. It has been observed that levels of academic stress among postgraduate students vary according to their personality traits. Personality traits have a significant role in student's life to handle academic related issues which may lead to decline in the academic performance. Stress brings changes in the personalities of postgraduate students' and can alter their behaviour. With regards to Pakistan, where students belong to different areas and cultural background, with below average education standards due to paucity of educated and committed teachers, therefore, Pakistani students feel increased stress due to the personality traits that they possess. The current study is mainly focusing on the relationship between personality traits and academic stress among postgraduate students of the HEIs in Pakistan.

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Acculturative Stress Among International Postgraduate Students at UKM

Cited by 29 publications

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The Relationship Between Anxiety and Academic Performance of Postgraduate International Students in a British University: A Cross-Sectional Quantitative Design

The Relationship Between Anxiety and Academic Performance of Postgraduate International Students in a British University: A Cross-Sectional Quantitative Design

Path Analysis of Acculturative Stress Components and Their Relationship with Depression Among International Students in China

Relationship Between Personality Traits And Academic Stress Among Postgraduate Students In Pakistan

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