Identity Fusion and Adjustment in International Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities.

Autor/inn/en	Kiang, Lisa; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Tevis, Tenisha; Zachry, Corinne; He, Yueying; Takeuchi, Risa
Titel	Identity Fusion and Adjustment in International Students at U.S. Colleges and Universities.
Quelle	In: Journal of studies in international education, 25 (2021) 5, S. 524-545Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153; 1552-7808
DOI	10.1177/1028315320932320
Schlagwörter	Identitätsbildung; Interkulturelle Begegnung; Auslandsstudium; Soziale Unterstützung; Adaptation; Ausländer; Ausländerin
Abstract	The present study explores how international students' (IS; N = 169; Mage = 19.81 years, 36% male) identity fusion, the extent to which they feel connected with a particular social group, is concurrently and longitudinally correlated with belonging, loneliness, well-being, and perceived social support. IS reported higher fusion with other IS than with domestic students (DS). Fusion with IS at Time 1 (T1) was associated with greater IS support at T1 and Time 2 (T2). Fusion with DS was positively correlated with T1 belonging, well-being, and DS support at both time points, and was negatively linked with loneliness at T1 and T2. IS and DS fusion also interacted in predicting T1 belonging and loneliness. Students with proportionally greater DS than IS fusion reported greater DS support, and proportionally greater IS fusion was related to greater IS support. Discussion centers on promoting adjustment and intergroup relationships in higher education. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2022/3