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International Students’ Adjustment in Higher Education: Relation Between Social Support, Self - Efficacy, and Socio - Cultural Adjustment

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This study was aimed at investigating the relationship between social support (Zimet et al., 1988), self - efficacy (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), and socio - cultural adjustment (Ward & Kennedy, 1999). The sample consisted of 185 international undergraduate students in one of the public higher education institutions in Malaysia. Multiple linear regression analysis was employed to te st the hypotheses. The findings from this study indicated that support from friends and significant others is positively related to all dimensions of socio - cultural adjustment and support from family is positively related to cultural empathy. Self - efficacy is positively related to cultural empathy.

Source: Australian Journal of Business and Management Research

DOI: 10.52283/nswrca.ajbmr.20110101a01

Author: Yusliza Mohd. Yusoff

Language: English

Topic: International Student and Expatriate Challenges

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W3206196231

FWCI: 8.498

Cites: 43

Cited by: 32

Related to: 10