Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi (Online), sa.36, ss.1-20, 2020 (ESCI)
With the significant increase in international education opportunities, international students have become one of the important actors of intercultural communication. The students' adaptation to current conditions in the new social structure is an important issue in terms of the success and quality of their educational and living processes. However, the students' intercultural transition process with different cultural backgrounds can sometimes create problematic situations. As one of the problematics, acculturative stress can make it difficult for students to adapt their new social lives, decrease their academic success and lead them to social isolation. This study aimed to address the level of acculturative stress of 400 university students in Turkey. By applying quantitative measurement tools, the international students' levels of acculturative stress were measured with the Acculturative Stress Scale consisting of 32 items. The scale includes five sub-dimensions including language inadequacy, social isolation, perceived discrimination, academic pressure and guilt towards the family. The results of the study showed that international students had a low level of acculturative stress during their time in Turkey in general and pointed out that students rarely experienced acculturative stress. The study also observed that the students report guilt towards the family was the highest level of acculturative stress.