College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America.
College of Social Science, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2024 Sep 19;19(9):e0310645. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310645. eCollection 2024.
International students contribute significantly to both the economy and the intellectual and cultural landscape of host countries. Their interactions with domestic students foster personal, socioeconomic, and political development, promopting a broader understanding of diverse cultures and values. This highlights how crucial international education is for staying competitive globally. However, international students often face challenges such as poor mental health, linguistic and cultural barriers, acculturative stress, and limited health literacy. Therefore, supporting their academic success and well-being on college campuses is essential. This protocol aims to describe strategies used to evaluate the effect of interventions on international students' mental health and wellbeing and propose directions for future research based on the evidence.
We will conduct an extensive search in several databases including CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science, PsyInFO, ERIC, and Google Scholar with no date limits. Two reviewers will independently screen the literature and extract data. We will then conduct meta-analyses of the extracted data.
To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first systematic review with meta-analysis focusing on interventions to enhance mental health and wellbeing among international college students. This study will provide most updated empirical evidence on the effects of interventions aimed to improve international students' mental health and wellbeing. The findings from this study will summarize the importance of a range of interventions being available to international students who experience psychological distress and the effectiveness of each intervention. This study will also highlight the gap for researchers to focus on for future studies.
PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024528767.
留学生对东道国的经济、知识和文化景观做出了重大贡献。他们与国内学生的互动促进了个人、社会经济和政治发展，促进了对不同文化和价值观的更广泛理解。这凸显了国际教育对于保持全球竞争力的重要性。然而，留学生常常面临心理健康问题、语言和文化障碍、文化适应压力以及有限的健康素养等挑战。因此，支持他们在大学校园里的学业成功和福祉至关重要。本方案旨在描述评估干预措施对留学生心理健康和福祉影响的策略，并根据证据为未来研究提出方向。
我们将在几个数据库中进行广泛搜索，包括 CINAHL、PubMed、Web of Science、PsyInFO、ERIC 和 Google Scholar，不设时间限制。两名评审员将独立筛选文献并提取数据。然后，我们将对提取的数据进行荟萃分析。
据我们所知，这是第一项针对增强国际大学生心理健康和福祉的干预措施进行系统评价和荟萃分析的研究。本研究将提供有关旨在改善国际学生心理健康和福祉的干预措施效果的最新实证证据。本研究的结果将总结一系列可供经历心理困扰的留学生使用的干预措施的重要性以及每种干预措施的有效性。本研究还将突出研究人员为未来研究关注的差距。
PROSPERO 注册号：CRD42024528767。
