Psychosocial Aspects of Adaptation of International Students in Pakistan

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Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research Pub Date : 2021-04-15 DOI:10.33824/PJPR.2021.36.1.09

Syeda Zahra Ali, Tahira Mubashar, Soulat Khan, Tanvir Akhtar

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Abstract

This study examined the psychosocial aspects (acculturation stress, ethnic discrimination, nostalgia, and sentimentality) of socio cultural and psychological adaptation of international students in Pakistan. Sample of 143 international students was taken from different government and private universities of Pakistan. Measures of Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (Sandhu & Asarbadi, 1994), Brief Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire-Community Version (Brondolo et al., 2005), Index of Nostalgia Proneness (Holak, Havlena, & Matveev, 2006), Emotionality Subscale of the HEXACO Personality Inventory (Lee & Ashton, 2009), Brief Psychological Adaptation Scale (Demes & Geeraert, 2014), and Brief Socio-Cultural Adaptation Scale (Demes & Geeraert, 2014) were used. Results showed that ethnic discrimination, acculturation stress, nostalgia, and sentimentality were negatively correlated with psychological and socio-cultural adaptation. Sentimentality moderated the relationship of ethnic discrimination with socio-cultural and psychological adaptation. Moreover, sentimentality also moderated the relationship between nostalgia and psychological adaptation.

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国际学生在巴基斯坦的社会心理适应

本研究考察了巴基斯坦留学生社会文化和心理适应的心理社会方面（文化适应压力、种族歧视、怀旧和多愁善感）。143名国际学生的样本取自巴基斯坦不同的政府和私立大学。国际学生文化适应压力量表的测量（Sandhu和Asarbadi，1994）、社区版简要感知种族歧视问卷（Brondolo et al.，2005）、怀旧倾向指数（Holak，Havlena和Matveev，2006）、HEXACO人格量表的情绪亚量表（Lee和Ashton，2009）、简要心理适应量表（Demes和Geeraert，2014），和简短的社会文化适应量表（Demes&Geeraert，2014）。结果表明，种族歧视、文化适应压力、怀旧情绪和多愁善感与心理和社会文化适应呈负相关。情感调节了种族歧视与社会文化和心理适应的关系。此外，多愁善感也调节了怀旧情绪与心理适应之间的关系。

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期刊介绍： Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research (PJPR) is published biannually by the National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan. Its first issue was published in Summer, 1986. Since then two issues, one in summer and the other in winter, have been appearing every year. The Journal provides an outlet for fully documented researches addressing educational, social, developmental, and other areas of Psychology. Preference is given to empirical articles, which deal with the application of psychological knowledge in understanding the problems of national and international importance. The Journal welcomes contributions from all corners. However, participation from the developing countries is eagerly sought in view of its under-representation in research journals published in the West. The PJPR maintains an international editorial board of Consulting Editors belonging to different countries, with expertise in a large number of areas. It employs a double-blind reviewing process i.e., the authors are not identified to reviewers and reviewers are not made known to authors. The contents of PJPR are being abstracted by the Proquest, and in PsycInfo. PJPR is included in the List of Social Sciences Journals recognized by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.