Sagel, Sarah (2022) The Importance of Contact with Natives for International Students. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
It is known that social contacts and subjective well-being are connected. One group that is known to have lower subjective well-being is international students. A group that has lower subjective well-being is international students. In this study, we looked into the relationship between different groups of social contacts of internationals and subjective well-being within the Netherlands. We suspected that different social contact groups (host-nationals, co-nationals, and other international students) would positively influence subjective well-being via different mechanisms. Additionally, we investigated whether depressive symptoms could mediate the relationship between general social capital and subjective well-being. We shared a cross-sectional online questionnaire with international students in the Netherlands (N = 134) and ran a multiple regression analysis to test our hypotheses. By looking into the relationship between social contact between internationals with Dutch people, other international students, and co-nationals, this study established that especially perceived social support from Dutch people has a significant effect on subjective well-being in international students in the Netherlands. Our study did not find support for contact with other internationals and co-nationals to be significant predictors of subjective well-being in international students. Furthermore, depressive symptoms were not found to be a significant mediator in the relationship between general social capital and subjective well-being. The study suggests the importance of having contact with natives for international students for their subjective well-being. Future research into social capital and subjective well-being should focus on replicating our results in more countries and within different cultures (collectivistic, pluralistic).
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Kuschel, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2022 13:38 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2022 13:38 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1101 |
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