Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW, UK.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2010 Jan;45(1):57-65. doi: 10.1007/s00127-009-0042-4. Epub 2009 Apr 1.
The present study examined the sociocultural adjustment of 249 sojourning Malaysian undergraduates in Britain. One-hundred and ten Malay and 139 Chinese students enrolled in various courses answered a self-report questionnaire that examined various aspects of sociocultural adjustment and socio-demographics. Overall, Malay students reported significantly poorer sociocultural adjustment than Chinese students, as well as more negative outcomes on a range of predictors. Path analysis for the total sample showed that higher family income led to greater sociocultural adjustment, but partially because it led to more contact with host and conationals, better language proficiency, lower perceived cultural differences and less perceived discrimination. Moreover, participants with higher English proficiency were better adapted, but partially because they perceived less cultural differences as well as having more contact with host nationals. Additionally, individuals reporting better sociocultural adjustment also reported better health statuses. The same model was equally useful at predicting sociocultural adjustment for both Malay and Chinese participants. These results are discussed in terms of the role played by income in buffering against the negative aspects of sociocultural adjustment.
本研究考察了 249 名在英国留学的马来西亚本科生的社会文化适应情况。110 名马来族学生和 139 名华裔学生参加了各种课程，他们回答了一份自我报告问卷，问卷考察了社会文化适应的各个方面和社会人口统计学特征。总体而言，与华裔学生相比，马来族学生的社会文化适应情况较差，在一系列预测因素上的结果也更为负面。对总样本的路径分析表明，家庭收入较高会导致更好的社会文化适应，但部分原因是这会导致与东道主和同胞的接触更多，语言能力更强，感知到的文化差异更小，以及感知到的歧视更少。此外，英语水平较高的参与者适应能力更强，但部分原因是他们感知到的文化差异较小，与东道主国民的接触也更多。此外，报告社会文化适应情况较好的个体也报告了更好的健康状况。对于马来族和华裔参与者，相同的模型同样可以很好地预测其社会文化适应情况。这些结果是根据收入在缓冲社会文化适应的负面方面所起的作用来讨论的。
