Personality, behavioral engagement, and psychological adaptation of high school students abroad: A longitudinal perspective on between- and within-person dynamics

IF 3.6 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

European Journal of Personality Pub Date : 2022-09-25 DOI:10.1177/08902070221124311

Juan Serrano-Sánchez, J. Zimmermann, Kathrin Jonkmann

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Abstract

International educational mobility is a life event that confronts sojourners with many challenges, such as adapting to a new living environment abroad. Whether these cultural adaptation processes are successful is contingent upon different factors. In the present study, we focused on the role of personality as well as host- and home-cultural behavioral engagement in the psychological adaptation of high school students during an academic year abroad. To that end, we analyzed data from the first four waves of the project Mobility and Acculturation Experiences of Students (MAPS) ( N = 1299 students in a year abroad) using a cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) and a random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to address these associations at the interpersonal and intrapersonal level. The analyses revealed the complex interplay between personality, host- and home-cultural behavioral engagement, and adaptation at both the interpersonal and intrapersonal levels of analysis. Moreover, host-cultural behavioral engagement also mediated the predictive effects of personality traits on the psychological adaptation of sojourners in the CLPM. Theoretical implications for personality and acculturation research and practical inferences for supporting students studying abroad are discussed.

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国外高中生的人格、行为参与与心理适应：人与人之间动态的纵向视角

国际教育流动是旅居者面临许多挑战的生活事件，例如适应国外新的生活环境。这些文化适应过程是否成功取决于不同的因素。在本研究中，我们重点研究了人格以及东道国和国内文化行为参与在国外高中生心理适应中的作用。为此，我们使用交叉滞后面板模型（CLPM）和随机截距交叉滞后面板模式（RI-CLPM）分析了学生流动和文化适应体验（MAPS）项目前四波的数据（在国外一年中有1299名学生），以解决人际和个人层面的这些关联。这些分析揭示了人格、主人和家庭文化行为参与以及人际和个人层面的适应之间的复杂相互作用。此外，宿主文化行为参与也介导了人格特征对旅居者心理适应的预测作用。讨论了人格和文化适应研究的理论意义以及支持留学生的实践推论。

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European Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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11.90

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8.50%

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期刊介绍： It is intended that the journal reflects all areas of current personality psychology. The Journal emphasizes (1) human individuality as manifested in cognitive processes, emotional and motivational functioning, and their physiological and genetic underpinnings, and personal ways of interacting with the environment, (2) individual differences in personality structure and dynamics, (3) studies of intelligence and interindividual differences in cognitive functioning, and (4) development of personality differences as revealed by cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.