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Publication details [#52072]

Hecht, Michael L., Brooke Chapman Wadsworth and Eura Jung. 2008. The Role of Identity Gaps, Discrimination, and Acculturation in International Students' Educational Satisfaction in American Classrooms. Communication Education 57 (1) : 64–87.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | affect | disadvantage | identity negotiation | student

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study demonstrates that acculturation and perceived discrimination of international students in the U.S., as well as perceived personal-enacted identity gaps, are significantly linked to educational satisfaction. The identity-gap appears to mediate the links between acculturation, perceived discrimination, and educational satisfaction.