‘Everybody needs friends’: Emotions, social networks and digital media in the friendships of international students

Sinanan, Jolynna; Gomes, Catherine

doi:10.1177/1367877920922249

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“…Adolescents who have good relationships with friends have lower levels of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and other negative emotions ( Woods et al, 2009 ; Kim, 2015 ), as well as fewer problem behaviors ( Kawabata et al, 2010 ). Friendship appears to effectively alleviate negative emotions and problem behaviors ( Sinanan and Gomes, 2020 ). The emotional management function of NSSI emphasizes its role in serving to manage negative emotions for the purpose of emotional control ( Messer and Fremouw, 2008 ).…”

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The Relationship Between Cybervictimization and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated-Mediation Model

Wang

Chen

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The present study investigated the mediating role of negative emotion in the relationship between cybervictimization and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and the moderating role of friendship quality in the indirect relationship. This model was tested with 1,326 Chinese adolescents who suffered from cyberbullying in the last 1 year; 727 were boys and 591 were girls, and their mean age was 13.67 years (SD = 1.34, range 11–17). Participants filled out questionnaires regarding cybervictimization, negative emotion, friendship quality, and non-suicidal self-injury. After demographic variables were controlled, cybervictimization was significantly positively associated with non-suicidal self-injury. Mediation analysis revealed that negative emotion partially mediated the association between cybervictimization and non-suicidal self-injury. Moderated mediation analysis further indicated that the mediated path was weaker for adolescents with higher levels of friendship quality. These findings underscore the importance of identifying the mechanisms that moderate the mediated path between cybervictimization and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents.

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The Relationship Between Cybervictimization and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated-Mediation Model

Wang

Chen

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Like Jeili, many participants told me that hiding negative emotions from parents made them feel more like adults as they suppressed their own emotional needs for their parents' feelings and emotions. Existing literature has already paid attention to transnational students' emotions, but mainly focuses on how their emotions influence their transnational education mobilities (Sidhu & Ishikawa, 2022; Sidhu et al, 2019; Sinanan & Gomes, 2020). For example, Hu et al (2020, pp.…”

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Chinese students at U.K. universities: Transnational education mobilities as a stepping‐stone to adulthood

Wang

2022

Population Space and Place

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This article explores transnational Chinese students' education migration to the United Kingdom through a lifecourse perspective. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with 43 transnational Chinese graduates from U.K. universities, I found that participants regarded their transnational education migration as a stepping‐stone to adulthood. Influenced by the mobilities paradigm, this paper elaborates on the transitions to adulthood experienced by transnational Chinese students. The findings illustrate how transnational education mobilities transform social networks, in which transnational Chinese students rehearse their role as an adult in everyday social interactions, and how the intersection of Confucian collectivism and students' class background influences their experiences and understandings of transitions to adulthood. Therefore, this paper advances existing scholarship on transnational Chinese students by proposing a lifecourse perspective and exemplifies the complexities of mobile youth's lifecourse transitions by emphasising the cultural and social construction of transnational Chinese students' adulthood.

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“…International students demonstrated resilience by proactively relying on support networks both within and outside their university. These networks, or "anchors" (Sinanan & Gomes, 2020), were often built up over the course of their study in Australia and had been integral to their identity as international students (within the university) and based on their national/cultural affiliations (outside the university). These relationships may be transient and extend to students' time as HDR students at the university but are nonetheless critical.…”

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Higher Degree Students (HDR) during COVID-19

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Souza

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The wellbeing of higher degree research (HDR) students, or postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic has been of concern. In Australia, international students have queued for food parcels, while headlines report stark drops in international enrolments and the financial bottom line of universities. We undertook a pilot study using ethnographic interview methods to understand the lived experiences of current international and domestic HDR students at an Australian university in Melbourne, from June to August 2020 (n=26). In this paper, we discuss domestic and international students’ experiences during the pandemic. International HDR students faced similar challenges to domestic students, but experienced further stressors as temporary migrants. We discuss their experiences in relation to resilience, understood as a relational and collective quality. We suggest that institutions develop policies and programmes to address resilience and build students’ sense of belonging and connection, informed by how students cope with challenges such as COVID-19.

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‘Everybody needs friends’: Emotions, social networks and digital media in the friendships of international students

Cited by 23 publications

References 44 publications

The Relationship Between Cybervictimization and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated-Mediation Model

The Relationship Between Cybervictimization and Non-suicidal Self-Injury in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated-Mediation Model

Chinese students at U.K. universities: Transnational education mobilities as a stepping‐stone to adulthood

Higher Degree Students (HDR) during COVID-19

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