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Hiding In Plain Sight: Acculturative Stress And Self-Concealment Amongst Immigrant College Students, Caroline Kurema Jan 2017

Hiding In Plain Sight: Acculturative Stress And Self-Concealment Amongst Immigrant College Students, Caroline Kurema

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Past research has indicated that immigrant college students experience acculturative shock and stress, arising from acculturative adjusting (Barlow, 2002; Cohen & Wills, 1985; Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). This study explored the potential relationships between acculturative stress, perceived social support, and self-concealment amongst immigrant college students. Further, the study examined whether social support is related to lower acculturative stress for students. It was hypothesized that strong social support would be negatively related to acculturative stress, and that self-concealment would be positively related to acculturative stress.

Results indicate that there was a significant positive relationship between self-concealment and acculturative stress in this …