Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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The Mediating effect of cultural adaption stress on the Relationship between International students' Character strengths and university life adaptation

외국인 유학생의 성격강점이 대학생활적응에 미치는 영향 - 문화적응스트레스의 매개효과를 중심으로 -

  • Yu, Jeehyoung (Dept. of Korean Language Education as a Foreign Language, Dongshin university) ;
  • Lee, Joohee (Dept. of Counseling psychology, Dongshin university) ;
  • Park, Sunhee (Dept. of Counseling psychology, Dongshin university)
  • 유지형 (동신대학교 한국어교원학과) ;
  • 이주희 (동신대학교 상담심리학과) ;
  • 박순희 (동신대학교 상담심리학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.17
  • Accepted : 2018.11.20
  • Published : 2018.11.28
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Abstract

In this study, we looked at whether the character strength of foreign students affects the adaptation of university life and tried to figure out whether cultural adaptation stress has mediating effect. To this end, we set up a research model based on prior research, conducted a survey of 263 foreign students belonging to G City and N City, and analyzed the data using the spss statistics program. As a result of the study, the character strength of foreign students was affecting the adaptation of university life, and the cultural adaptation stress of international students partially mediated the relationship between character strength and university life adaptation. Therefore, it is suggested that it is necessary to develop a program that reduces cultural stress and to have a professional counselor in the university who can continuously consult international students.

본 연구에서는 외국인 유학생의 성격강점이 대학생활적응에 영향을 미치는지 살펴보고, 문화적응스트레스가 매개효과를 가지는지를 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 선행연구를 바탕으로 연구 모형을 설정하고, G시와 N시에 소속된 외국인 유학생 263명을 대상으로 조사를 실시하고, spss 통계 프로그램을 활용하여 자료를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 외국인 유학생의 성격강점은 대학생활적응에 영향을 미치고 있었으며, 외국인 유학생의 문화적응스트레스는 성격강점과 대학생활적응 간의 관계를 부분 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 문화적응스트레스를 감소시키는 프로그램을 개발하고, 외국인 유학생들의 대학생활 적응을 위한 지속적인 상담과 전문상담사를 대학 내에 두는 것이 필요함을 제안하였다.

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Fig. 1. The Mediating effect of cultural adaption stress on the Relationship between International students’ Character strengths and university life adaptation

Table 1. A demographic variable

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Table 2. the average of the variables, standard deviation

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Table 3. the results of a correlation among the researchers

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Table 4. Regression analysis result

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