STRESS, ADJUSTMENT AND SOCIAL RELATIONS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS

This study examines some social and psychological effects of international study in a population of foreign students studying at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Data collected from 285 foreign students attending the same University were analyzed to examine cross-cultural differences and their impacts on stress, adjustment and social relations. Contact with citizens of the host country is an important variable and the greater the contact the foreign student has with the host country, the lower the level of his/her stress and anxiety. Those students who perceive themselves to have greater cultural similarity with the host country are likely to enjoy more social contacts within the host country