Surfing USA: How Internet Use Prior to and during Study Abroad Affects Chinese Students' Stress, Integration, and Cultural Learning While in the United States

Autor/inn/en	Mikal, Jude P.; Yang, Junhong; Lewis, Amy
Titel	Surfing USA: How Internet Use Prior to and during Study Abroad Affects Chinese Students' Stress, Integration, and Cultural Learning While in the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 19 (2015) 3, S.203-224 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315314536990
Schlagwörter	Internet; Asians; Acculturation; Study Abroad; Cultural Awareness; Social Integration; Student Adjustment; Stress Variables; Interviews; Undergraduate Students; Peer Groups; Correlation; International Education; Social Support Groups; Computer Mediated Communication; Student Attitudes; Information Sources; Barriers; Qualitative Research; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Akkulturation; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Soziale Integration; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Korrelation; Internationale Erziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Computerkonferenz; Schülerverhalten; Information source; Informationsquelle; Qualitative Forschung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Campuses across the United States continue to welcome a record number of Chinese students coming in pursuit of both academic and cultural goals. Yet, high levels of acculturative stress coupled with difficulties integrating into life abroad jeopardize accomplishing these goals. In this study, we examine Chinese students' Internet use both prior to and during study abroad, and its effects on stress, integration, and learning while abroad. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 undergraduate and graduate students from China currently studying in the United States. Findings indicate that although online media and resources provide valuable information to Chinese students, they may also set the stage for entry into established, cohesive co-national peer groups, thereby discouraging integration. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01