Historically, much of the research on acculturation and adjustment was conducted on migrant and refugee populations. The start of the twenty first century has seen a surprising surge in a new immigrant class, mobile students, their characteristics differing from the social, political and economic refugees of the twentieth century. This article provides an overview of the literature related to the salient features of acculturation, adaptation and adjustment models as applied to international university students and the stressors they most frequently encounter. It recommends that future research transitions from universalistic mode-based inquiry to more nuanced approaches which emphasize an individual’s characteristics from country of origin or perceived ethnic identity. A social constructivist position which emphasizes the historical and ethnic relationships among the visiting students and the host nationals is most beneficial to understanding the contemporary international student adjustment paradigm.

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泰国的国际大学生：从普遍主义模式转变为种族问题方法

从历史上看，大部分关于文化适应和适应的研究都是针对移民和难民人口进行的。二十一世纪初出现了一个新的移民阶层，即流动学生，他们的特征与二十世纪的社会、政治和经济难民不同。本文概述了与适用于国际大学生的文化适应、适应和调整模式的显着特征以及他们最常遇到的压力源相关的文献。它建议未来的研究从基于普遍主义模式的调查过渡到更细微的方法，强调来自原籍国或感知种族认同的个人特征。