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Shawn Raphael Tan Wen-Xuan; Ashleigh Lin; Colleen Fisher; Hamza Bouras; Craig D’Mello; James Hill; Aims Hansen; Ross Marriott – Journal of International Students, 2025
International students face unique challenges, placing them at high risk of experiencing mental disorders. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to investigate 20 predetermined, modifiable exposures associated with depressive symptoms. The literature search included cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies in English.…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Foreign Students, Risk, Resilience (Psychology)
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Yu, Baohua; Bodycott, Peter; Mak, Anita S. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2019
Hong Kong, along with other Asian societies with universities with top world rankings, has in recent years attracted an increasing number of international students, mainly from Asia. Previous research in English-speaking Western countries has indicated the importance of resources, including language proficiency, positive intergroup relations, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Social Adjustment
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Jackson, Michelle; Ray, Sukanya; Bybell, Danica – Journal of International Students, 2013
In this study, we examined the role of self-esteem, hope, optimism, coping, acculturative stress, and social support on international students' depressive symptoms and sociocultural adjustment. Seventy international students completed a self-report online survey. The most notable finding was that the international students used adaptive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Self Esteem, Depression (Psychology)
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Wei, Meifen; Ku, Tsun-Yao; Russell, Daniel W.; Mallinckrodt, Brent; Liao, Kelly Yu-Hsin – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2008
This study examined 3 coping strategies (reflective, suppressive, and reactive), along with self-esteem, as moderators of the relation between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. International students (N = 354) from China, India, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong provided data via an online survey. The role of perceived general stress…
Descriptors: Coping, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology)