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

Bulgan, Gökçe; Çiftçi, Ayşe

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“…Similarly, Li and Gasser [33] suggested that students with high self-efficacy have good cognitive imagery to visualize the desirable psychological adjustment outcome which stimulates them to mobilize their full individual resources in dealing with intercultural problems. Several empirical cross-cultural studies have also echoed that students' self-efficacy is negatively associated with mental health problems such as stress and depression and positively associated with life satisfaction and psychological well-being, suggesting that the higher the level of self-efficacy, the better the psychological adjustment outcome [34] [35] [36] [37] [38].…”

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“…For instance, Hechanova-Alampay, Beehr [28] have carried out a longitudinal study among 294 domestic and international sojourners in the US and found self-efficacy, social support, and cultural novelty to have a predicting effect on students' adjustment and strain at different cultural transition stages. In another study, Bulgan and Çiftçi [34] examined the role of marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy on psychological adaptation (psychological Several other studies have pointed out that the high level of academic self-efficacy is associated with minimal psychological acculturative difficulties and better psychological health [36]. On the other hand, lower self-efficacy is associated with higher stress, depression, and poor psychological well-being [37] [38].…”

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Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

Gebregergis¹,

Tekie²,

Yikealo³

et al. 2019

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Among many factors, individual difference variables are believed to be critical aspects of students' psychological adjustment. The present study was, therefore, conducted in this context to determine the relationships between self-efficacy, self-esteem and psychological adjustment variables of depression and life satisfaction. The participants of the study were international university students (N = 328) studying in three Chinese universities in Hubei Province, Wuhan. To obtain the data, self-report questionnaires were distributed among the participants measuring their levels of self-efficacy, self-esteem, life satisfaction and depression. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to explore the relationship between the study variables while controlling the demographics. The regression output showed that both self-efficacy and self-esteem were positively related to life satisfaction and negatively related to depression. The study further conducted mediation analyses with the help of regression PROCESS macro. The mediation results indicated that self-esteem and life satisfaction showed full parallel mediating effects on the relationship between self-efficacy and depression. Self-esteem also mediated the self-efficacy-depression relationship. Exploring the relationships between the study variables may enrich the scientific understanding of acculturative psychological outcomes in the context of individual difference variables. Findings may also provide direction for host university communities in nurturing the self-esteem and self-efficacy of their fellow international students to better deal with their psychological adjustment difficulties. 235Open Journal of Social Sciences tempted to figure out factors that facilitate positive acculturative outcome of the students. Among the factors, cultural and emotional intelligence, coping strategies, personality, spiritual and social support, self-efficacy and self-esteem were found to contribute positively to the psychological adjustment of the students [13] [18].1.1. Literature Review 1.1.1. Psychological Adjustment According to Searle and Ward [19], cross-cultural adjustment can be meaningfully conceptualized in two distinct yet intertwined domains: psychological (emotional/affective) and sociocultural (behavioral). Psychological adjustment refers to the overall psychological, emotional and affective state of wellbeing and life satisfaction. Psychological adjustment includes a range of changes related to: beliefs, perceptions, values, ideologies, and attitudes while behavioral adjustment includes: dressing, eating, talking, social interaction patterns, and language skills that the acculturative person depicts during the process of acculturation [20].On the other hand, sociocultural adjustment was conceptualized as how an acculturating individual learns and develops multicultural competencies necessary for effective functioning and living in the host environment [20]. The two forms of adaption do not, however, function independently. Instead, they are closel...

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Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

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Yikealo³

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“…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.…”

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“…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).…”

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

Peñas¹,

Herrero-Fernández²,

Merino³

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“…• Zandipour and Momenijavid's research (2012) shows that there is a significant relationship between marital satisfaction and job satisfaction in employees of wastewater company. • Bulgan and Ciftci (2017) in their research, express that marital satisfaction and self-efficacy accounted for 45.9% of variance in psychological well-being and 25.8% of variance in life satisfaction scores. • In Mcnulty, Wenner, Fisher and Terri's research (2016) is expressed that higher levels of marital satisfaction at one wave of assessment predicted more positive changes in sexual satisfaction from that assessment to the next; and higher levels of sexual satisfaction at one wave of assessment predicted more positive changes in marital satisfaction from that assessment to the next.…”

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Assessment of Marital Satisfaction and Happiness in Men and Women who are Married at Early Age and Old Age

Amirnovin

Ghaffarian

2018

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This research examines the marital satisfaction and happiness in men and women who are married at early age and who are married at late age. The research method is survey and the sample size is 240 married persons. In women, marriage under the age of 20 was considered early marriage and marriage of over 30 was late marriage. Also in men, marriage under the age of 25 was considered early marriage and marriage over 30 was late marriage. The instruments was Enrich marital satisfaction and Oxford happiness questionnaires. The results show that there is significant different between gender and marital satisfaction and happiness and also there is significant different between marital age and marital satisfaction and happiness. Also results show that women who are married at early age are less satisfied with marital satisfaction and women who are married at old age are more satisfied with marital satisfaction. On the other side, men who are married at early age are more satisfied with marital satisfaction and men who are married at old age are less satisfied with marital satisfaction.

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

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Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

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

Assessment of Marital Satisfaction and Happiness in Men and Women who are Married at Early Age and Old Age

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