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Self-Construals, Coping, and Stress in Cross-Cultural Adaptation
dc.contributor.authorCross, Susanen_US
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dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationCross, Susan (1995). "Self-Construals, Coping, and Stress in Cross-Cultural Adaptation." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 6(26): 673-697. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66471>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0221en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66471
dc.description.abstractThis study examines differences in the independent and interdependent self-construals of American and East Asian students studying in the United States and the influence of these self-construals on coping and stress. Path analysis revealed that the importance of the independent self-construal was positively related to direct coping strategies, which predicted reduced levels of stress for the international students. Ratings of the importance of the interdependent self-construal were positively related to increased stress for the Asian students. The self-constuals and direct coping were the strongest predictors of stress for East Asian students; variables commonly identified in other research addressing cross-cultural adaptation (e.g., number of host country friends, relationships with conationals, language ability, and previous cross-cultural experience) did not significantly predict stress for the international students. The effects of the self-construals and coping were moderated by culture, however, and were not predictive of perceived stress for American students.en_US
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dc.titleSelf-Construals, Coping, and Stress in Cross-Cultural Adaptationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
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dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/002202219502600610en_US
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