Helping the Transition: Mentorship to Support International Students in Canada

We developed a program that paired newcomer international students with Canadian student mentors. These pairs met weekly throughout a semester and international student participants completed measures at both the beginning and end of the program. We found that program participants experienced positi...

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Published inJournal of international students Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 873 - 886
Main Authors Thomson, Clint, Esses, Victoria M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jonesboro Journal of International Students 01.10.2016
Journal of International Students (JIS)
Subjects
Acculturation
Adjustment
Adjustment (to Environment)
Anxiety
Assimilation (Sociology)
Foreign Countries
Foreign Students
Friendship
International education
International organizations
Literature Reviews
MBA programs & graduates
Meetings
Mentoring
Mentors
Methods
Outcomes of Education
Program Effectiveness
Social aspects
Studies
Transitional Programs
Undergraduate Students
Canada
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Summary:We developed a program that paired newcomer international students with Canadian student mentors. These pairs met weekly throughout a semester and international student participants completed measures at both the beginning and end of the program. We found that program participants experienced positive changes in sociocultural and psychological adaptation, and a reduction in acculturative stress over time. At the conclusion of the program, program participants also showed higher levels of psychological adaptation and lower levels of acculturative stress than control participants, who had not participated in the program. These findings make an important contribution to the empirical literature on the acculturation of international students and provide foundations for future research.
ISSN:2162-3104
2166-3750
DOI:10.32674/jis.v6i4.323