Association between Cross-Cultural Social Adaptation and Overseas Life Satisfaction among Chinese Medical Aid Team Members (CMATMs) in Africa

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ID15465453
AuthorsXiaochang Chen (0000-0001-6981-3016, Wuhan Donghu University), Xiaojun Liu (0000-0003-4672-8569, Wuhan Donghu University, corresponding author), Wei Yu (0000-0003-1933-5380, Wuhan Donghu University), Anran Tan (Wuhan Donghu University), Chang Fu (0000-0002-7006-5155, Wuhan Donghu University), Zongfu Mao (0000-0001-9477-4725, Wuhan Donghu University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume16
Issue9
Pages1572-1572
Publication date2019-05-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph16091572
PMID31064049
OpenAlexW2942907538
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited23

This study evaluated the relationship between cross-cultural social adaptation and overseas life satisfaction among Chinese medical aid team members (CMATMs) in Africa. A revised Chinese version of the Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (CSCAS) was used to measure participants' cross-cultural social adaptation. The self-designed survey of the CMATMs' overseas life satisfaction includes the following five aspects: food, housing, transportation, entertainment, and security. Electronic questionnaires were distributed non-randomly. Linear regression models were established to explore the association between cross-cultural social adaptation and all dimensions of overseas life satisfaction. After adjusting all the confounders, compared with moderate adaptation, poor adaptation was negatively correlated with all dimensions of overseas life satisfaction (B for food = -0.71, B for housing = -0.76, B for transportation = -0.70, B for entertainment = -0.53, B for security = -0.81, B for overall satisfaction = -0.71, all p p < 0.001). This study shows that a better cross-cultural social adaptation was positively connected to a higher level of overseas life satisfaction in general, and more specifically to higher levels of satisfaction with food, housing, transportation, entertainment, and security. This knowledge can be utilized in promoting cross-cultural social adaptation and overseas life satisfaction among CMATMs in Africa

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