The Effects of Acculturation Preferences on International Students’ Academic Adaptation
The Mediating Role of Willingness to Communicate
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 22006643 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Dianjian Wang (0000-0003-0546-6646, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, autor correspondente), Hongling Lai (Lanzhou Jiaotong University), Lan Yang (0009-0001-6433-7089, Lanzhou Jiaotong University), Haixia Wang (0000-0001-8897-4819, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| Ano | 2026 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Data de publicação | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440251410812 |
| OpenAlex | W7125651770 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 52 |
The present study investigated the mediating role of communication willingness in the impact of acculturation preferences on academic adaptation among 294 Chinese international students in the United States. The results of the Structural Equation Model (SEM) indicated that adopting American culture was a positive predictor of higher academic adaptation, and maintaining Chinese culture was negatively associated with academic adaptation. The willingness to interact with strangers, friends, and acquaintances in a second language context has been found to be positively associated with adopting American culture, and negatively associated with maintaining Chinese culture, which exhibited significant differences. The mediating role of willingness to communicate underscores the importance of social interactions in the acculturation process. Willingness to communicate with strangers, friends, and acquaintances significantly mediated the relationship between adopting American culture, maintaining Chinese culture and cross-cultural academic adaptation. The findings of this study indicate that willingness to communicate exerts a significant influence on the mediation of acculturation preferences and cross-cultural academic adaptation
Acculturation · Asian americans · Chinese culture · Mediation · Structural equation modeling · Willingness to communicate · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Cultural Differences and Values · International Student and Expatriate Challenges
Systematic review
Addressing the Mental Health Concerns of International Students
First-year university students’ academic success
Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language
Dropout from Higher Education
The effect of perceived discrimination on cross-cultural adaptation of international students
Identity Continuity Protects Academic Performance, Retention, and Life Satisfaction among International Students
Acculturation Preferences, Ethnic and Religious Identification and the Socio-Economic Adaptation of Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Belgium
Acculturation Attitudes in Plural Societies
Acculturation and Self-esteem Among Indian Immigrants in Portugal
Predictors of international students’ psychosocial adjustment to life in the United States
Combating language and academic culture shocks—International students’ agency in mobilizing their cultural capital
Academic adaptation of international students in the chinese higher education environment
An analysis of friendship networks, social connectedness, homesickness, and satisfaction levels of international students
Acculturation strategies of multi-cultural family adolescents in South Korea
The relationship between acculturation strategy and job satisfaction for professional Chinese immigrants in the Australian workplace
Cyber communication
Acculturation in a postcolonial context
The prediction of psychological and sociocultural adjustment during cross-cultural transitions
Acculturation
Self-monitoring
Intercultural personhood
The role of perceived cultural distance, personal growth initiative, language proficiencies, and tridimensional acculturation orientations for psychological adjustment among international students
The impacts of academic adaptation on psychological and sociocultural adaptation among international students in China
Acculturation of Indian Subcontinental Adolescents Living in Australia
Acculturation strategies and attitudes according to the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (Raem)
Acculturation and cross-cultural adaptation
The influence of acculturation strategies in quality of life by immigrants in Northern Chile
Exploring Factors That Facilitate Acculturation Strategies and Academic Success of West African Immigrant Youth in Urban Schools
Is acculturation unidimensional or bidimensional? A head-to-head comparison in the prediction of personality, self-identity, and adjustment
Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2
Constructs, measurements and models of acculturation and acculturative stress
The Influence of Attitudes and Affect on Willingness to Communicate and Second Language Communication
Sojourner adjustment
Measures Matter
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