Acculturative stress status of international medical students in China and the influencing on mental health
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2018.03.001
- VernacularTitle:福建省在华医学留学生的跨文化适应现状及对心理健康的影响
- Author:
Qingli REN
1
,
2
;
Qu SHEN
;
Benlan YE
;
Yang LIU
Author Information
1. 361102 厦门大学医学院护理系
2. 西安交通大学医学部护理系
- Keywords:
International students;
Cross-cultural adaption;
Mental health
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2018;34(3):161-166
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the acculturative stress and the mental health status of international medical students in China and the influence of cross cultural adaptation to mental health. Methods A investigate to international medical students in Fujian Province with Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS) and self-designed general information questionnaire, using multivariate linear regression to identity influencing factors of mental health. Results The average score of the acculturative stress was 2.63 ± 0.81. The univariate analysis demonstrated that relative factors for the acculturative stress was the time for staying in China ( P<0.01). The average score of the mental health was 2.10±0.83, obviously higher than that of Chinese models (P<0.01). The univariate analysis demonstrated that relative factors for the mental health included gender (P=0.020), age (P=0.002), time for staying in China (P=0.000) and degree (P=0.002). Multivariate analysis also further showed that gender (P=0.000), age (P=0.000) , the time for staying in China (P=0.000), perceived discrimination (P=0.002), fear (P=0.000), homesickness (P=0.000), culture shock (P=0.000), hostility (P=0.000) and the stress (P=0.000) had a significantly influence on mental health. Conclusions International medical students face a greater cross-cultural adaptation of the pressure, which had a significant impact on their mental health. International Student Management Office shall provide more help and psychological support for the international medical students, and establish the mechanism of management of students, establish feasible model of psychological health education.
