Survey of mental health of foreign students
作者:
DAVID LACKLAND SAM,
ROLF EIDE,
期刊:
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 32,
issue 1
页码: 22-30
ISSN:0036-5564
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9450.1991.tb00849.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Foreign students;mental health
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The multifaceted nature of problems foreign students face have led some researchers to conclude that these students tend to suffer from poor health during their overseas sojourn. This assertion is examined among foreign students at the University of Bergen by means of a questionnaire survey. Loneliness, tiredness, sadness and worrying were reported as a frequent source of problem by nearly one in four of over 300 respondents. Students reported a decline in their general state of health as well as a rise in the occurrence of syndrome‐like tendencies resembling paranoia, anxiety, depression and somatic complaints. These tendencies were attributed to certain psychosocial factors such as information received regarding study opportunities, social contacts with other tenants in the hall of residence and future job opportunities. Scandinavian students on the whole tended to have better mental health than students from the other countries. The implications of impaired health among foreign students is discusse
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