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Social ties and adaptation in Asian students

New Zealand sociology, 2016-01, Vol.31 (7), p.48-67 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 0112-921X ;ISSN: 1173-1036 ;EISSN: 1173-1036

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  • Title:
    Social ties and adaptation in Asian students
  • Author: Benson, S Jeanie
  • Subjects: Asian students ; Behavior ; Communication ; Ethnocentrism ; Friendship ; Host countries ; Host country ; International education ; Multiculturalism ; New Zealand ; Social stratification ; Studies ; Study and teaching ; University students
  • Is Part Of: New Zealand sociology, 2016-01, Vol.31 (7), p.48-67
  • Description: This article investigates the friendship patterns of Asian students and how the influences that shape them during their sojourn in New Zealand universities. Far from home-country supports, but carrying the responsibility of parental expectations, friendships are their primary source of social supports. The type of friendships that the students make is dependent on their level of intercultural adaptation. Relationship data from 50 Asian international student participants at Universities, from a range of six East and South East Asian states, is analysed through the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity as constructed by Bennett and Hammer, (1998) but revised and reconstructed by Bennett, 2005). Intercultural friendships do not just 'happen' as a result of immersion within New Zealand universities. But rather, friendship networks are sought and created by the Asian international students resulting in negotiated intercultural adaptation and life-long friendships.
  • Publisher: Auckland, N.Z: University of Auckland, Sociology, School of Social Sciences
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0112-921X
    ISSN: 1173-1036
    EISSN: 1173-1036
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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