Preliminary examination of international students' adjustment and loneliness related to electronic communications.
Electronic communication, e.g., e-mail, internet, may facilitate international students' adjustment through contacts maintained in their native country. In the present study, the scores of 45 international students on a measure of adjustment and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale were significantly associated with their electronic communications involving their native country, but not with general internet or e-mail use. International students' scores on the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure were positively correlated with amount of contact with people in their native country but not with scores on measures of adjustment or loneliness.
Smith
Timothy B
TB
Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, Alliances for the Strength of Youth, 340 MCKB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. tbs@byu.edu
Shwalb
David A
DA
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003142:Communication; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D020407:Internet; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*