Keywords
international student adjustment, loneliness, electronic communications
Abstract
Electronic communication (e.g., e-mail, internet) may facilitate international students’ adjustment through contacts maintained with their native country. In the present study, the scores of 45 international students on a measure of adjustment and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale were significantly associated with their electronic communications involving their native country but not with general internet or e-mail use. International students’ scores on the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure were positively correlated with their amount of contact with people in their native country but were not correlated with scores on the measures of adjustment or loneliness.
Original Publication Citation
Smith, T. B., & Shwalb, D. A. (2007). Preliminary examination of international students’ adjustment and loneliness related to electronic communications. Psychological Reports, 100, 167-170.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Smith, Timothy B. and Shwalb, David A., "Preliminary Examination of International Students' Adjustment and Loneliness Related to Electronic Communications." (2013). Faculty Publications. 2001.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/2001
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2013-02-18
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3954
Publisher
SAGE
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
Copyright Status
© 2007 Sage Publishing. This is the author's submitted version of this article. The publisher version can be found at https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.100.1.167-170
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