Assessment and Comparison of the Stress Experienced by International and American Students at the University of North Texas

There were two purposes of the current study: (1) to evaluate if the East Asian Student Stress Inventory could be used to assess the stress experienced by International and American students at the University of North Texas and (2) to determine if the Inventory could discriminate between the two groups on the basis of the stress assessment. A sample of International (n=205) and American (n=216) graduate and undergraduate students completed the inventory. Results indicated that the EASSI could be generalized to a wider spectrum of International students. Using principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation, eight factors were extracted: culture shock, physiological symptoms, family pressure, test anxiety, financial difficulties, attitude toward study, social support and academic self esteem. The inventory clearly discriminated between the two groups on the subscales of culture shock, family pressure and attitude toward study and the International students scored higher on these subscales.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2001

Author dc:creator

• Islam, Nehalul

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chng, Chwee-Lye
• Nakonezny, Paul
• Jackson, Allen

• College students -- Texas -- Denton -- Psychology.
• Students, Foreign -- Texas -- Denton -- Psychology.
• Student adjustment -- Texas -- Denton -- Psychological aspects.
• University of North Texas -- Students -- Psychology.
• stress assessment
• international students
• culture shock
• family pressure
• East Asian Student Stress Inventory

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Islam, Nehalul
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 48968539
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2801/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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