Wright-Casanova, Saxon (2022) Social Contacts, Language Proficiency, and Belonging amongst International Students. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Immigration and acculturation are widely studied phenomena. However, one demographic often neglected and overlooked by the existing literature is that of international students. This demographic is particularly significant within the European Union where porous borders, broadly inexpensive university admission costs facilitate study-related immigration. As such, this paper investigates the effects of several factors including language proficiency, bridging social capital, and bonding social capital, on international students’ sense of belonging both to the Netherlands and to Europe. Using a cohort of international students from the University of Groningen who have all lived in Groningen for at least 6 months, and a sample size of N=134, we utilized an online survey. We found significant evidence suggesting that higher Dutch proficiency relates to feelings of belonging in Dutch society, as well as finding significant evidence that higher bridging social capital also increases feelings of belonging in Dutch society (particularly qualitative bridging social capital). We did not however find significant evidence to suggest that bonding social capital decreases feelings of belonging either in Dutch or European society. A post hoc analysis demonstrated a significant correlation between feelings of belonging in Dutch society and feelings of belonging in European society.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Kuschel, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2022 09:14 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2022 09:14 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1250 |
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