A longitudinal study of the psychological and sociocultural adjustment and intercultural communication of international and domestic students (2013 – 2017)

This project involved a longitudinal study of the psychological and sociocultural adjustment and intercultural communication of international and domestic students as they integrated on a higher education campus. The research aimed to identify how international and domestic students adjusted to university study and to each other.

Qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Baohua Yu, Mak, A.S., & Bodycott, P. (2020). Psychological and academic adaptation of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong universities. Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1693991
• Baohua Yu, Bodycott, P., & Mak, A.S. (2019). Language and Interpersonal Resource Predictors of Psychological and Socio-cultural Adaptation: International Students in Hong Kong. Journal of Studies in International Educations (First published online Jan 30, 2019) https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315318825336
• Bodycott, P. (2016). International students on campus: Cultural difference and internationalisation policy and practice. In Y.C. Cheng, A. Chi-Keung, Cheung, & S.W. Ng (Eds.), Internationalisation of Higher Education: The Case of Hong Kong (pp. 171-184). Singapore: Springer.