title: Aspects of acculturation stress among international students attending a university in the USA.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Conant Hall, 10 Library Way, Durham, NH 03824, USA. pabloc@cisunix.unh.edu
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chavajay
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skowronek