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Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study
PURPOSE: In 2017, international students contributed almost $32 billion to Australia’s economy, more than half of which was attributable to students from China. Despite its historical popularity as a study destination, research suggests that these students confront numerous obstacles in pursuing the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10266118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37311124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2221912 |
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author | Zhao, Jian Chapman, Elaine O’Donoghue, Tom |
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description | PURPOSE: In 2017, international students contributed almost $32 billion to Australia’s economy, more than half of which was attributable to students from China. Despite its historical popularity as a study destination, research suggests that these students confront numerous obstacles in pursuing their studies within Australia. In this study, the perspectives of these students were explored. The dominant issues raised by these students related to mental health and emotional wellbeing. METHODS: Nineteen students in one Australian university participated in one-on-one in-depth semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using grounded theory approaches. Three broad themes were generated in the study: psychological stress (which was linked to language barriers, shifts in pedagogy, and changes in lifestyle); perceived safety (which was linked to lack of security, safety and perceived racial discrimination); and social isolation (linked to reduced sense of belonging; lacking close personal connections; and feelings of loneliness and homesickness). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggested that a tripartite model of interactive risk factors may be appropriate for exploring how international students fare emotionally with their new environments. |
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spelling | pubmed-102661182023-06-15 Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study Zhao, Jian Chapman, Elaine O’Donoghue, Tom Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Studies PURPOSE: In 2017, international students contributed almost $32 billion to Australia’s economy, more than half of which was attributable to students from China. Despite its historical popularity as a study destination, research suggests that these students confront numerous obstacles in pursuing their studies within Australia. In this study, the perspectives of these students were explored. The dominant issues raised by these students related to mental health and emotional wellbeing. METHODS: Nineteen students in one Australian university participated in one-on-one in-depth semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using grounded theory approaches. Three broad themes were generated in the study: psychological stress (which was linked to language barriers, shifts in pedagogy, and changes in lifestyle); perceived safety (which was linked to lack of security, safety and perceived racial discrimination); and social isolation (linked to reduced sense of belonging; lacking close personal connections; and feelings of loneliness and homesickness). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggested that a tripartite model of interactive risk factors may be appropriate for exploring how international students fare emotionally with their new environments. Taylor & Francis 2023-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10266118/ /pubmed/37311124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2221912 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
spellingShingle | Empirical Studies Zhao, Jian Chapman, Elaine O’Donoghue, Tom Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study |
title | Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study |
title_full | Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study |
title_fullStr | Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study |
title_full_unstemmed | Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study |
title_short | Threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland Chinese students studying in Australia: an interpretivist study |
title_sort | threats to the emotional wellbeing of mainland chinese students studying in australia: an interpretivist study |
topic | Empirical Studies |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10266118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37311124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2221912 |
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