Psychiatric Morbidity of Foreign Students in Yugoslavia: a 25 Year Retrospective Analysis

Janča, Aleksandar; Helzer, John E.

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“…Although Cole and Ahmadi (2003) note that there is a lack of research exploring the experiences of Muslim female international students, previous studies have found that Muslim international students often feel isolated and that this impacts on students' Psychological difficulties emerged as another common difficulty among international students and could mostly be attributed to feelings of homesickness. This finding accords with the existing literature, which has shown that students studying abroad experience various forms of psychological distress (e.g., Janca and Helzer 1992;Ryan and Twibell 2000). In fact, Yi, Giseala Lin, and Kishimoto (2003) note that homesickness is among the most frequently reported concerns of international college students in the United States, while Orr and MacLachlan (2000) also found elevated levels of homesickness among a minority of international students studying at an Irish uiversity.…”

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Higher education professionals' perspectives on international student experiences of life and learning in Ireland: a qualitative study

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Hickey

Ryan

2013

Irish Educational Studies

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Although numerous studies have explored international students' experiences, there is a dearth of research exploring the perspectives of professionals who have contact with international students. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by providing an analysis of higher educational professionals' (n =11) perspectives of international students' experiences and analysing the challenges which arise when working with international students. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff from a large Irish Higher Education Institution. Participants described a range of difficulties experienced by international students, including sociocultural and psychological difficulties, and outlined a number of challenges which exist when dealing with international students, most of which relate to cultural differences and lack of interest in internationalisation. The findings have important policy and practical implications for higher education service provision and point to the need to consider internationalisation as a process which can be enriching for international students, host students and staff members alike.

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Higher education professionals' perspectives on international student experiences of life and learning in Ireland: a qualitative study

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Ryan

2013

Irish Educational Studies

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“…Zwingman (1978), however, devotes the term "uprooting disorder" to describe their experiences of adjustment. Another study found that from 1956 to 1980, 67% of local and international students were diagnosed with paranoid delusions, while 62% had the depression syndrome and 52% of them experienced anxiety (Janca and Hetzer 1992). The results are supported by other literature (Thomas and Althen 1989;Sandhu and Asrabadi 1994).…”

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A Study on Health Literacy of International Students in Australia

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2014

The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education

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“…Some studies have reported incidence of fairly severe breakdown. For instance, Janca and Hetzer (1992) in a 25-year retrospective analysis of the psychiatric morbidity of foreign students in Yugoslavia, traced 63 foreign and 120 domestic students who were hospitalised, and found high rates of paranoia and depressive reactions. Of the foreign students admitted, 67% showed paranoid delusions, 62% anxiety, and 52% anxiety which they took as evidence of the correlational between 'psychiatric morbidity and maladaptation to the new living conditions' (p. 287).…”

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Culture Shock: Literature Review, Personal Statement and Relevance for the South Pacific

Furnham

2010

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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This article considers the popular concept of culture shock from three perspectives. The first is from the academic perspective, considering how researchers from different disciplines (anthropology, education, psychiatry, psychology, sociology) attempted to operationalise the concept and understand the process behind it. It represents 50 years of research using different methodologies and trying to answer different questions about the experience of travel for many reasons. This section of the article also considers issues concerned with the ‘overseas’ student; of which there are ever more travelling abroad to study. They can have serious culture shock difficulties. This is followed by a short section on migration in the South Pacific and the consequences for large and small countries, particularly that of sojourning, migration and refugees. The final section is a personal statement and reflection on culture shock and how I came to write two books and around a dozen papers on the topic.

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Psychiatric Morbidity of Foreign Students in Yugoslavia: a 25 Year Retrospective Analysis

Cited by 12 publications

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Higher education professionals' perspectives on international student experiences of life and learning in Ireland: a qualitative study

Higher education professionals' perspectives on international student experiences of life and learning in Ireland: a qualitative study

A Study on Health Literacy of International Students in Australia

Culture Shock: Literature Review, Personal Statement and Relevance for the South Pacific

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