An internet survey of emotional health, treatment seeking and barriers to accessing mental health treatment among Chinese-speaking international students in Australia

Lu, Sharon Huixian; Dear, Blake F.; Johnston, Luke; Wootton, Bethany M.; Titov, Nickolai

doi:10.1080/09515070.2013.824408

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“…Of those who reported they sought treatment, many preferred to seek informal and non-medical help from friends and family, a finding replicated with Chinese immigrants (Chan & Parker, 2004), Chinese students in Australia (Lu et al, 2013), Arabs in Qatar (Bener &Gbuloum, 2011) andArab Muslims (Al-Krenawi et al, 2009;Al-Krenawi & Graham, 2011;Aloud & Rathur, 2009). Surprisingly, respondents reported a preference for seeking help from mental health professionals compared to what might be considered more traditional options, such as seeing a religious leader.…”

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Intergenerational and cross-cultural differences in emotional wellbeing, mental health service utilisation, treatment-seeking preferences and acceptability of psychological treatments for Arab Australians

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Johnston

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Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Intergenerational and cross-cultural differences in emotional wellbeing, mental health service utilisation, treatment-seeking preferences and acceptability of psychological treatments for Arab Australians

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“…Chinese students comprise the largest international student cohort in Australian schools. However, their ICT assimilation issues have not been addressed when compared with student health, stress and English language issues (Lu, Dear, Johnston, Wootton, & Titov, 2014;Price, 2016). Emphasis may change for economic reasons.…”

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Chinese Students’ ICT Readiness for a Blended Teaching and Learning Environment

Price

2018

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Information Communications Technology (ICT) plays an important role in enhancing Chinese students' learning efficiency and preparation for successful participation in a Western learning and teaching community. In the past, Chinese students' ICT preparedness for Western higher-education has not been emphasized in Chinese domestic K-12. Consequently, this lack of skills might be the cause tension between students and university academics in a blended learning and teaching environment. This pilot study used the Survey of Higher Education [15] to investigate 120 Chinese students between 16-18 years old who are commencing study in Australia and compared their responses with the expectations of 356 Australian academics. The results show that both Chinese students and Australian academics regard 'Data Retrieval and Data Management' skills as the most important skillsets. But gaps were discovered between commencing Chinese students and Australian academics in a number of communication and digital interactive skillsets used in a blended learning environment.

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“…Indeed, the limited body of evidence exploring the explicit acculturation of Chinese student sojourners in Australia suggests that their non‐integration into Australian culture is linked to lower levels of subjective well‐being (Zheng, Sang, & Wang, ), higher levels of depression (Chan & Parker, ), and increased feelings of loneliness (Leung, ). In an online survey of Chinese‐speaking students studying in Australia, over half the sample reported high levels of psychological distress, but less than 10% were seeking assistance for their psychological health (Lu, Dear, Johnston, Wootton, & Titov, ), and Pan and Wong () previously found that academic‐specific acculturation stressors were directly linked to increases in negative affect. Finally, it has been suggested that this group are largely incapable of self‐integration within their education communities in Australia (Wang & Cross, ).…”

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Implicit Acculturation and the Academic Adjustment of Chinese Student Sojourners in Australia

Anderson

Guan

2018

Australian Psychologist

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Objective: Chinese students comprise the largest group of foreign-born tertiary students studying in Australia, and these students face unique challenges when striving toward their academic goals. The challenges including acculturation stress, culture shock, and studying in a foreign language. In this article, we explore implicit acculturation strategies of China-born student sojourners in Australia, and how this relates to academic outcomes. Method: In Study 1, the capacity for the go/no-go association task to assess implicit cultural identification was established in local samples of local students (39 in Australia, 36 in China). These data were then used as a comparison after measuring the implicit acculturation of students studying abroad. Thus, in Study 2, 68 China-born student sojourners in Australia responded to this measure of implicit acculturation, as well as levels of academic adjustment, acculturation stress, and life satisfaction.Results: The sojourning sample demonstrated implicit separation acculturation attitudes, and moreover the excessive implicit associations with their home (Chinese) culture suggested an implicit cultural reaffirmation effect. Implicit acculturation was associated with increases in acculturation stress and decreases in life satisfaction, academic lifestyle, and motivation. Conclusions: These findings suggest that Chinese student sojourners may not be able to (or choose not to) self-integrate within the Australian-based education community; however, this implicit cultural reaffirmation may be beneficial for ameliorating education-related outcomes.

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An internet survey of emotional health, treatment seeking and barriers to accessing mental health treatment among Chinese-speaking international students in Australia

Cited by 64 publications

References 38 publications

Intergenerational and cross-cultural differences in emotional wellbeing, mental health service utilisation, treatment-seeking preferences and acceptability of psychological treatments for Arab Australians

Intergenerational and cross-cultural differences in emotional wellbeing, mental health service utilisation, treatment-seeking preferences and acceptability of psychological treatments for Arab Australians

Chinese Students’ ICT Readiness for a Blended Teaching and Learning Environment

Implicit Acculturation and the Academic Adjustment of Chinese Student Sojourners in Australia

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