Social Support and Acculturative Stress of International Students

Kristiana, Ika Febrian, Karyanta, Nugraha Arif, Simanjuntak, Ermida and Prihatsanti, Unika (2022) Social Support and Acculturative Stress of International Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (11). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1660-4601 1661-7827, Jurnal Internasional Bereputasi Sjr(2021): 0.814, Q2, H-Index: 138

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Abstract

Continuing to study abroad brings challenges, apart from academic demands. International students are prone to acculturation stress as a consequence of cultural differences. Many research reports show that social support is a great buffer against experienced stress, but there has thus far beenno study that analyzes there aleffect of social support on acculturation stress. This meta-analysis study aims to investigate the true effect of social support on acculturation stress of international students based on studies reporting it. A meta-analysis was performed following PRISMA. The electronic databases used were Science-Direct, ERIC, ProQuest, Google Scholar (only for ETD), and opengrey.edu, with the article year limitations being 2009–2019. Eight (8) studies were involved in the meta-analysis. There were three instruments of acculturation stress and ﬁve instruments of social support that were used in the different studies. The effect size analysis showed that there was no difference in the effects of eight studies (z =−0.553; SE = 0.497; 95% CI =−1.248–−0.699; p = 0.580). Furthermore, there was no statistically signiﬁcant moderator variable, the instruments used were quite diverse. The role of a moderator, other than gender, was not used because of limited information from the studies used. Social support plays a major role in reducing acculturation stress in international students. However, studies involving moderator and confounding roles need to be conducted.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Jurnal Internasional Bereputasi Sjr(2021): 0.814, Q2, H-Index: 138
Uncontrolled Keywords:	stress acculturative; social support; international students; meta-analysis
Subjects:	Psychology
Divisions:	Journal Publication
Depositing User:	F.X. Hadi
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2022 02:58
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2022 03:31
URI:	http://repository.ukwms.ac.id/id/eprint/31106

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