Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam and Abdul Malek, Marlin Marissa and Jaguli, Abd Rahim and Husin, Hartini (2014) Anxiety and sociocultural adjustment from the perspective of international students in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Management (4th ICM 2014), 16 - 17 June 2014, The Kuta Beach Heritage Hotel, Bali Indonesia.

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Abstract

The main purpose for this study is to investigate whether anxiety will inversely influence international students’ sociocultural adjustment in the context of pursuing education in higher learning institutions in Malaysia; specifically in Universiti Utara Malaysia. The data used for this study derived from the questionnaire survey conducted randomly among the international students in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) who came from 27 different nationalities. A total number of 397 valid responses were successfully obtained. The descriptive analysis, reliability analysis and correlation analysis were undertaken in this study. For the relationship between anxiety and sociocultural adjustment, although a significant relationship is found, the direction of the postulated relationship is positive instead of negative. Discussions and conclusion of research are put forth.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN: 978-967-5705-14-4
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sociocultural Adjustment, Anxiety, International Students.
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	School of International Studies
Depositing User:	PM Dr. Asmat Nizam Abdul Talib
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2014 08:10
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2016 06:43
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12278

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