Social adjustment and friendship patterns of international students

Social adjustment and friendship patterns of international students

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Social adjustment and friendship patterns of international students
A study of Norwegian students studying abroad

Gunn Irene Iversen

Supervisor: Floyd Rudmin

Master thesis in psychology

Spring 2009
Det Samfunnsvitenskapelige Fakultet
Institutt for psykologi
University of Tromsø, Norway

Table of contents
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………………….5
Preface………………………………………………………………………………………….7
Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………...9
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….11
Definitions…………………………………………………………………………….11
Coping strategies……………………………………………………………………...16
Contact strategies……………………………………………………………………..19
Sojourners…………………………………………………………………………….21
Purpose………………………………………………………………………………..23
Method……………………………………………………………………………………….25
Instrument……………………………………………………………………………..25
Distribution……………………………………………………………………………26
Sample……………………………………………………………………………...…26
Results………………………………………………………………………………………..29
Sociocultural Adaptation Scale……………………………………………………….29
Openness Scale and Co-national Scale……………………………………………….30
Success Scale………………………………………………………………………….31
Correlations…………………………………………………………………………...32
Open-ended questions………………………………………………………………...33
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………………….35
Caveats and problems…………………………………………………………………35
Interpretation of results……………………………………………………………….37
Open-ended questions………………………………………………………………...43
Suggestions for improving international students’ adjustment………………………45

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-Pre-departure preparations…………………………………………………...45
-Practical issues………………………………………………………….……47
-Social issues………………………………………………………………….49
-Re-entry………………………………………………………………………50
Future research………………………………………………………………………..51
References……………………………………………………………………………………55
Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………..63

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Acknowledgments

I am grateful to my supervisor, Floyd Rudmin, for invaluable advice and suggestions.
Also, I thank ANSA for helpful cooperation...

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