ERIC Number: EJ811963
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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The Protective Function of Meaning of Life on Life Satisfaction among Chinese Students in Australia and Hong Kong: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study
Pan, Jia-Yan; Wong, Daniel Fu Keung; Joubert, Lynette; Chan, Cecilia Lai Wan
Journal of American College Health, v57 n2 p221-231 Sep-Oct 2008
Objective: The authors compared the predictive effects of acculturative stressors and meaning of life on life satisfaction between Chinese students in Australia and in Hong Kong. Participants: In 2006, the researchers recruited 606 Chinese students studying abroad at the University of Melbourne in Australia and at 6 universities in Hong Kong. Methods: Participants completed a questionnaire that included measures of acculturative stressors, meaning of life, life satisfaction, and demographic information. Results: The Australian sample experienced a significantly higher level of acculturative stressors than did the Hong Kong sample, but life satisfaction did not differ significantly between the 2 samples. Meaning of life had a strong positive contribution and acculturative stressors had a negative contribution in predicting life satisfaction in both samples. Meaning of life partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stressors and life satisfaction in both samples. Conclusions: The authors discuss the theoretical and practical implications for Chinese students studying abroad. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Stress Variables, Stress Management, College Students, Questionnaires, Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Discrimination, Income
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; China; Hong Kong
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