Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students

The authors investigated marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy in relation to psychological adaptation (i.e., psychological well-being, life satisfaction) in a sample of 198 married international students. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that marital satisfaction and acad...

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Main Authors: Gökçe Bulgan, Ayşe Çiftçi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of International Students 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of International Students
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Online Access:http://ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/294
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spelling doaj-343bdf3e92ed4d08872cab79174013b52020-11-24T21:07:51ZengJournal of International StudentsJournal of International Students2162-31042166-37502018-07-0173687702294Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International StudentsGökçe Bulgan0Ayşe Çiftçi1MEF University, TurkeyPurdue University, United StatesThe authors investigated marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy in relation to psychological adaptation (i.e., psychological well-being, life satisfaction) in a sample of 198 married international students. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy accounted for 45.9% of variance in psychological well-being and 25.8% of variance in life satisfaction scores. Based on the results, the differences between cognitive and emotion-oriented processes during psychological adaptation were explained. The authors discuss implications for programs with international students and mental health professionals working in university campuses.http://ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/294academic self-efficacylife satisfactionmarital satisfactionmarried international studentspsychological well-beinguniversity
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author Gökçe Bulgan
Ayşe Çiftçi
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Ayşe Çiftçi
Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students
Journal of International Students
academic self-efficacy
life satisfaction
marital satisfaction
married international students
psychological well-being
university
author_facet Gökçe Bulgan
Ayşe Çiftçi
author_sort Gökçe Bulgan
title Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students
title_short Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students
title_full Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students
title_fullStr Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Adaptation, Marital Satisfaction, and Academic Self-Efficacy of International Students
title_sort psychological adaptation, marital satisfaction, and academic self-efficacy of international students
publisher Journal of International Students
series Journal of International Students
issn 2162-3104
2166-3750
publishDate 2018-07-01
description The authors investigated marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy in relation to psychological adaptation (i.e., psychological well-being, life satisfaction) in a sample of 198 married international students. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that marital satisfaction and academic self-efficacy accounted for 45.9% of variance in psychological well-being and 25.8% of variance in life satisfaction scores. Based on the results, the differences between cognitive and emotion-oriented processes during psychological adaptation were explained. The authors discuss implications for programs with international students and mental health professionals working in university campuses.
topic academic self-efficacy
life satisfaction
marital satisfaction
married international students
psychological well-being
university
url http://ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/294
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