Culture and the College Experience: Stress, Stressor Domains, and Social Support Seeking in International Asian, Asian American, and European American College Students

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2015
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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Cultural differences among International Asians, Asian Americans, and European Americans have been shown to be associated with differences in stress, coping mechanisms such as social support, and attitudes toward the college experience. Prior research has found associations between typically collectivistic or interdependent Asian cultural values and issues of stress, motivation, and coping that are highly relevant to college students. This study uses a crosssectional, correlational questionnaire design to examine how these groups differ in their goals and expectations for college, their susceptibility to Achievement or Interpersonal Stressors, and their preferences in social support use and social support sources. International Asians showed lower total levels of stress and lower levels of Achievement Stress than Asian Americans and European Americans. Students from Eastern cultures had different attitudes toward the goals of the college experience and varied on measures of social support.
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