Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students

Abstract

The authors investigated marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy in relation to psychological adaptation (i.e., psychological well-being, life satisfaction) in a sample of 198 married international students. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy accounted for 45.9% of variance in psychological well-being and 25.8% of variance in life satisfaction scores. Based on the results, the differences between cognitive and emotion-oriented processes during psychological adaptation were explained. The authors discuss implications for programs with international students and mental health professionals working in university campuses.

Research Status about Influence Factors of International Students’ Cross-Cultural Adaptation with Different Models

“…Cross-cultural adaptation is a complex process involving different influencing factors of cross-cultural adaptation in which patterns may vary. Nevertheless, there are also common influencing factors, the demographic characteristics of students, such as, gender, age, education, marital status, and if they study abroad or not (Mahmood & Burke, 2018;Bulgan, 2017). Furthermore time and the prophase experience of studying abroad, whether to accept cross-cultural training, the purpose of the study abroad and so forth are all factors that involve cross-cultural adaptation (Sit, Mak, & Neill, 2017;Yang, 2005).…”

A Bibliometric Review of Research on International Students’ Mental Health: Science Mapping of the Literature from 1957 to 2020

“…As can be seen from the color scale of the graph, which represented the year of publication, most of the papers with these prominent keywords were published within the 2014–2016 period. Besides focusing on the symptoms of different mental disorders, the research within this period also examined the general factors related to mental health, such as acculturation [ 60 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 ] and well-being [ 76 , 77 , 78 ], that might provide a more holistic and generalizable explanation [ 79 ]. By examining the keywords from 2018 onward, we noticed two major trends in the research on international students.…”

La Influencia de las Expectativas Premigratorias en la Satisfacción Vital en Inmigrantes Latinoamericanas: El Papel del Apoyo Social y la Estabilidad Familiar

“…Tal como se esperaba, los resultados han mostrado que las personas con expectativas realistas tienden a mostrar niveles más elevados de satisfacción vital que aquellas con expectativas excesivamente altas, lo cual coincide con otras investigaciones similares (Gómez, et al, 2007;Neto, 1995). De la misma manera, al igual que en otros estudios el apoyo social (Calvo, et al, 2017;Khawaja, et al, 2016) y la satisfacción marital (Bulgan & Çiftçi, 2017;Carr, et al, 2014) se asociaron significativamente con la satisfacción vital. Al analizar el efecto moderador de la satisfacción marital y del apoyo social en la relación entre las expectativas premigratorias y la satisfacción vital, se observó que sólo la primera de las dos variables ejercía un efecto significativo.…”

“…De forma similar, la satisfacción o calidad marital (Cabrera, Guevara, & Barrera, 2006) se ha vinculado estrechamente con la satisfacción vital (Bulgan & Çiftçi, 2017;Carr, Freedman, Cornman, & Schwarz, 2014;Maglio, Molina, Raimundi, González, & Schmidt, 2014). La satisfacción marital se define como un estado general de felicidad y satisfacción tanto en el marido como en la mujer en relación a su matrimonio (Thomas, 1997).…”