ERIC Number: EJ1273479
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-2162-3104
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Proactive Personality and Cross-Cultural Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Adjustment Self-Efficacy
Hua, Jing; Zhang, Guilin; Coco, Charles; Zhao, Teng; Hou, Ning
Journal of International Students, v10 n4 p817-835 2020
Combining proactive literature, the social learning/cognitive theory, and cross-cultural adjustment literature, we examined the sojourners' experience from a positive perspective. Using a three-wave prospective design and a sample of 135 international students, we found that proactive personality was positively related to adjustment self-efficacy, which in turn positively related to academic and social adjustment. Meanwhile, adjustment self-efficacy mediated the link between proactive personality and adjustment. Implications, limitations, and future research are discussed.
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Socialization, Acculturation, Foreign Students, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Social Adjustment, Student Adjustment, Educational Experience, Measures (Individuals), State Universities, College Students, Study Abroad, Personality Measures
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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