Aspects of acculturation stress among international students attending a university in the USA.
Acculturation stress reported by 130 international students attending a university in Utah for about 2 yr. was examined. On the Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students, few students reported experiencing acculturation stress, but responses to four open-ended questions indicated many students perceived experience of acculturation stresses related to discrimination, feelings of loneliness, and academic concerns. The contrast of findings for the scale scores and the open-ended questions indicate the complexity of assessing international students' acculturation experiences of living and studying in the USA and suggest the usefulness of complementary methodologies for assessing such experience.
Chavajay
Pablo
P
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Conant Hall, 10 Library Way, Durham, NH 03824, USA. pabloc@cisunix.unh.edu
Skowronek
Jeffrey
J