A Case Study of International Students' Social Adjustment, Friendship Development, and Physical Activity

Autor/inn/en	Li, Shuang; Zizzi, Sam
Titel	A Case Study of International Students' Social Adjustment, Friendship Development, and Physical Activity
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 8 (2018) 1, S.389-408 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Foreign Students; Social Adjustment; Friendship; Physical Activities; Interpersonal Relationship; Interviews; Participant Observation; Graduate Students; Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences; Intercultural Communication; Qualitative Research; Social Networks; Thailand; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Soziale Anpassung; Freundschaft; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Qualitative Forschung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Indonesien
Abstract	Previous literature has focused on international student's social transition and monocultural and bicultural ties. Little research has explored international students' multicultural friendship development and the role that physical activity plays in their social interaction. The current case study explored a group of international students' friendship development and the social aspect of physical activity. Data from individual interviews (pre and post), and 5 months of participant observations was used to describe two female international students' experiences. Results suggested international students faced both language and cultural barriers in their social interactions with American students. Engagement in physical activities served as the context where observations of peer-to-peer social behaviors happened. Researchers argued that the multicultural friendship developed and strengthened by engaging in these physical activities. This paper also discussed implications and limitations of the study as well as future recommendations. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01