A Study on the Relationship between Social Support and Cross-cultural Adjustment 陳凱萍、錢天真
E-mail: 9800835@mail.dyu.edu.tw
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the relationship between social support and cross-cultural adjustment. The cross-cultural adjustment
problems that international students might encounter include general adjustment, interaction adjustment and study adjustment. The study aims to explore the impacts of various sources of social support from families, non-kin primary groups and secondary groups on cross-cultural adjustment.
Drawing on 188 questionnaires from a survey of international students, research results showed that social support provided by secondary groups is effective in improv-ing cross-cultural adjustments difficulties. The next, social support provided by non-kin primary groups is also effective in improving cross-cultural adjustments difficulties, in particular, those of interaction adjustment and study adjustment. Whereas, social sup-port provided by families result in ineffective and negative effects on cross-cultural
ad-justments, specifically, study adjustment.
Keywords : social support、cross-cultural adjustment、international students Table of Contents
中文摘要 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． iii 英文摘要 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． iv 誌謝辭 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． v 內容目錄 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． vi 表目錄 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． viii 圖目錄 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． ix 第一章 緒論．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 第一節 研究背景與動機．．．．．．．．．．．． 1 第二節 研究目的與問題．．．．．．．．．．．． 3 第三節 研究對象．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 3
第二章 文獻探討．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 4 第一節 社會支持．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 4 第二節 跨文化適應．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 13 第三節 社會支持與跨文化適應相關研究．．．．． 19
第三章 研究方法．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 21 第一節 研究架構．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 21 第二節 研究假設．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 22 第三節 操作型定義．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 22
第四節 衡量工具．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 24 第五節 預測．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 26 第六節 正式施測．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 27 第七節 資料分析方法．．．．．．．．．．．．． 28 第四章 研究結果．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 30 第一節 樣本結構．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 30 第二節 信效度分析．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 32 第三節 相關分析．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 35 第四節 ?歸分析．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 36 第五節 假設驗證．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 38 第五章 討論、結論與建議．．．．．．．．．．．．． 41 第一節 討論．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 41 第二節 結論．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 43
第三節 建議．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 43 參考文獻 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 48 附錄A 研究問卷．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．． 62 附錄B 社會支持與跨文化適應之項目分析表．．．．． 66 REFERENCES
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