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Self-Esteem, Resilience, Social Support, And Acculturative Stress As Predictors Of Loneliness In Chinese Internal Migrant Children: A Model-Testing Longitudinal Study, Ben C.H. Kuo, Siqi Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Danhua Lin
Self-Esteem, Resilience, Social Support, And Acculturative Stress As Predictors Of Loneliness In Chinese Internal Migrant Children: A Model-Testing Longitudinal Study, Ben C.H. Kuo, Siqi Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Danhua Lin
Psychology Publications
The present study examined the risk and protective factors of loneliness among Chinese internal migrant children (CIMC) in Beijing, China, including self-esteem, resilience, social support, and acculturative stress. Longitudinal survey data were collected from a large sample of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade CIMC from three schools in Beijing, at four time points (N=862 at T1 to N=837 at T4) over a 20-month period. Grounded in the Cultural and Contextual Model of Coping and the Acculturation Theory, two predictor models of loneliness were tested with path analysis. The results yielded the following: a) the two predictor models fit the data …
An Exploratory Study Of Cross-Cultural Adaptation Of Adolescent Taiwanese Unaccompanied Sojourners In Canada, B.C.H Kuo, Gargi Roysircar
An Exploratory Study Of Cross-Cultural Adaptation Of Adolescent Taiwanese Unaccompanied Sojourners In Canada, B.C.H Kuo, Gargi Roysircar
Psychology Publications
Increasing accessibility and the demand for international education globally has engendered a new wave of international students of diverse demographic backgrounds and developmental characteristics. The appeal of studying in western, English-speaking countries is strong even among very young adolescents from East Asia. However, existing literature on international students has largely overlooked this younger sojourner population. Thus, little is currently known about the effects of developmental and cultural factors on the cross-cultural adaptation of these teenage international students. In this exploratory study, the psychological well-being and adaptation of adolescent Taiwanese unaccompanied sojourners (N=201) attending secondary schools in a large Canadian city …