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Effect of a Training Program on the Psychological, Cultural, and Social Alienation Experienced by Foreign Students in Jordan
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Feras Ali Al-Habies; Alean Al-Krenawi; Somaya Abdel-Hameed Al-Ja’afreh; Wafa Ali Mahmoud Alwani; Omar Ismail Hamzeh Alorani; Diya Ahmad Al-Jaloudi; Omar Abdallah Khawaldeh – Journal of International Students, 2025
In this study, we examined the effectiveness of an educational training program in reducing psychological, cultural, and social alienation among international students. A total of 73 undergraduate students from diverse nationalities participated in the study. The training program comprised six seminars delivered over three weeks, with two lectures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment
The Importance of Social Relationships and Loneliness: An Inclusive Research Project in Spain
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Rojas-Pernia, Susana; Haya-Salmón, Ignacio; Lastra-Cagigas, Santiago; Álvarez-Sáenz de Santa María, Lucia – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
This article presents the results of a project carried out by a group of researchers with and without intellectual disabilities on "the importance of social relationships and loneliness." We wanted to find out about the experience of loneliness in young people with and without intellectual disabilities and know whether this was an…
Descriptors: Alienation, Cultural Isolation, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Third Culture Kids: Transition and Persistence When Repatriating to Attend University
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Jennison Smith, Virginia M – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Scope and Method of Study. This qualitative study used heuristic phenomenology and involved 20 interviews at 3 different sites, 2 focus groups, formal and informal observations, and the analysis of various artifacts including photos, drawings, and documents. Findings and Conclusions. Third culture kids are a diverse group of individuals who spent…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
International Graduates' Cross-Cultural Adjustment: Experiences, Coping Strategies, and Suggested Programmatic Responses
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McClure, Joanne W. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2007
The purpose of the study was to examine the experiences of international graduates to find out how they perceived their new learning environment in Singapore, and to explore the strategies they employed to adjust to, manage and construct meaning out of their learning situation. A qualitative, critical incidents methodology was used in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduates, Expectation, Cultural Context
Social Alienation among Foreign Students.
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Owie, Ikponmwosa – College Student Journal, 1982
Assessed the level of social alienation among foreign students in the United States. Foreign students (N=53) completed the social alienation subscale of the Deans Alienation Scale. Results indicated that social alienation among these students deviates significantly from normal expectation. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Alienation, College Students, Cultural Isolation, Foreign Students
Urban Abstraction in a Central City High School.
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Bettis, Pamela J. – Urban Review, 1996
A qualitative case study explored the perceptions of 37 urban secondary school students and 12 teachers about their school and community. Teachers and students worked in a landscape characterized as one of "urban abstraction," a term that helps explain the complex and contradictory fabric of current urban life. (SLD)
Descriptors: Alienation, Apathy, Case Studies, Cultural Isolation
Rural Youth: Images from West Dorset. A Study of Young People in a Rural Area and the Extent of Youth Service Provision Afforded Them.
Kennedy, J. A. – 1981
A study of youth and the Youth Service in rural West Dorset (England) to determine what work and recreational opportunities are available, how youth view their adolescent years, and how the Youth Service is helping them adjust to adulthood, indicates that within the present system youth are afforded few considerations. Many become alienated. Many…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, Cultural Isolation, Cultural Opportunities