Exploring experiences of proculturation in international students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Correia (0000-0002-8238-6386, University of Worcester, corresponding author), Maxine Watkins (0000-0002-1080-661X, University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 320-335 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x231156591 |
| PMID | 38603321 |
| OpenAlex | W4320496193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 41 |
This study intends to find what are the experiences of international students semiotically adapting to unfamiliar signs in the United Kingdom before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six international university students to learn about their experiences of adapting to a new country. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Two themes were classified as dialogical self in interpersonal adaptation and linguistic elements of semiotic adaptation, each with two subthemes. Participants' experiences of merging self-constructs seem reflective of proculturation theory. The researchers termed 'language bridges' to refer to social representations dependent on language-specific signs. Some of the participants' self-constructs relied on signs not provided by the environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, proculturation offers insight into the complex psychological and social processes of adapting to unfamiliar signs
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Outbreak · Pandemic · Cultural Differences and Values · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Medicine · Virology
A Theory of Proculturation
Dialogical Self Theory
An Invitation to Cultural Psychology
From Methodology to Methods in Human Psychology
The Theory of Open Systems in Physics and Biology
Making Identity, Proculturation In-between Georgianness and Westernness
Bartlett’s concept of schema in reconstruction
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
Proculturation
Adaptation in a dialogical perspective—From acculturation to proculturation
‘Exploring strategies of semiotic mediation – Making sense of Covid-19’
Moving cultures
Travels in hyper-diversity
Mindful identity negotiations
Acculturation
Notes towards a description of Social Representations
To Be Both (and More)
Social Representations, Alternative Representations and Semantic Barriers
Towards an Epistemology of Social Representations
Immigrant acculturation and wellbeing in Canada
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Research Methods in Clinical Psychology
Fields of Tension in a Boundary-Crossing World
Self-Construction in Immigration – I-Positioning through Tensional Dialogues to Powerful Foreign and Native Voices
Constructive Urge for Self-Presentation-Mediating between the Past and the Future
I Feel More Luxembourgish, but Portuguese Too” Cultural Identities in a Multicultural Society
A Psychology of Immigration
Memorandum for the Study of Acculturation
Using Zoom Videoconferencing for Qualitative Data Collection
Using internet technologies (such as Skype) as a research medium
Dialogical Thinking and Self-Innovation
The Dialogical Self
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |