Mental health problems commonly prevail among international students as a result of acculturative difficulties. In light of this, the study attempted to determine the role of cultural intelligence, age and prior travel experience on acculturative stress and depression and also whether acculturative stress mediated the cultural intelligence-depression relationship. 506 international university students studying in China completed a battery of tests assessing their cultural intelligence, acculturative stress and depression. Cultural intelligence showed significantly negative correlations with both acculturative stress and depression. Students’ prior travel experiences and age also significantly correlated with both acculturative stress and depression. Acculturative stress mediated the relationship between cultural intelligence and depression. Implication, limitations and future study directions were discussed as well.

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文化智力、年龄和旅行经历作为来华留学生适应压力和抑郁的预测因素

由于文化上的困难，国际学生普遍存在心理健康问题。有鉴于此，该研究试图确定文化智力、年龄和先前的旅行经历对文化适应压力和抑郁的作用，以及文化适应压力是否介导了文化智力-抑郁关系。506 名在华留学生完成了一系列评估他们的文化智力、文化压力和抑郁的测试。文化智力与文化压力和抑郁均呈显着负相关。学生之前的旅行经历和年龄也与文化压力和抑郁显着相关。文化适应压力介导了文化智力与抑郁之间的关系。