Psychological support of Korean students at the stage of cultural adaptation in the Russian university

The purpose of this article is to present the results of the work on psychological support of Korean students at the stage of cultural adaptation in a Russian international-oriented university. Psychological support includes: psychological education, consisting in the use of educational technologies (workshops, educational cases) and the provision of ethnoeducational competence of a teacher; psychodiagnosis, consisting of psychodiagnostic techniques and a cultural assimilator; psychocorrection, which consists in individual psychological accompaniment of Korean students and in the form of an intercultural communication training, which is aimed as a group work at creating an atmosphere of security, cohesion, mastering skills of intercultural communication and interaction. Psychological support for Korean students is an integral criterion for successful adaptation in a foreign environment. Psychological support provides psychological health of an individual and a safe psychological climate in the group, which enhances the academic performance of students and promotes the development of adaptive coping strategies in stressful situations. © 2018