Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
18
Number
2
Page Numbers
pages 65-76
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2013
Abstract
The present study compared correlations between life satisfaction, acculturation, socioeconomic status, and social support for students born in the United States and for students not born in the United States. Acculturation scores differed significantly between American-born and foreign born participants, while life satisfaction scores did not, indicating that living in a new country is not necessarily a negative experience for college-age students. Furthermore, acculturation to the host culture, that is, American culture, was found to correlate with life satisfaction among American-born students, and socioeconomic status correlated with acculturation for both groups. We recommend that future acculturation research control for socioeconomic status and include non-immigrant populations as comparison groups.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
11 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 18 no. 2 2013
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Morrison, Carrie D. and Mason, Susan E.
(2013)
"Correlates of life satisfaction and acculturation among university students,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 18:
No.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol18/iss2/7
Department
Dept. of Psychology