Social Adaptation and Mental Health of Foreign Students in Siberia

Occupation: Associate Professor of the Department of Social Work; Senior Researcher at the Mental Health Research Institute
Affiliation:
Tomsk State University
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Tomsk

Anastasia G. Peshkovskaya

Occupation: Researcher at the Laboratory of Experimental Methods in Cognitive and Social Sciences; Researcher at the Mental Health Research Institute
Affiliation:
Tomsk State University
Tomsk National Research Medical Center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Tomsk

Stanislav A. Galkin

Occupation: Graduate Student at the Mental Health Research Institute
Affiliation: Tomsk National Research Medical Center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Tomsk

Ilya I. Belokrylov

Occupation: Researcher at the Mental Health Research Institute
Affiliation: Tomsk National Research Medical Center of Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Tomsk

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 11

Pages

157-161

Abstract

Share of foreign students in Russian universities is annually increasing. As in the world as a whole, the process of social adaptation of migrant students is followed up by the leading academic and educational centers. The article presents results of two studies: social adaptation, acculturation of educational migrants of students from China and the dynamics of mental health over the past decade of students from the CIS countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan). The first case used a semi–formal interview method, while the second exploits anonymous questionnaire. We found that Chinese students choose mainly two types of strategies while maintaining ethnic identity: integration and separation. Along with the constant increase in the number of educational migrants from the Asian part of the CIS, there is a deterioration trend in certain indicators of their mental health, in particular, spreading additive behavior, anxiety and depressive symptoms. The authors conclude that acculturation of foreign students in a new environment is facilitated by effective intercultural communication, development and implementation of social adaptation and psychological prevention programs.

Keywords

educational migration, social adaptation, acculturation, students, migrants, intercultural communication, education

Acknowledgment

The study on social adaptation of educational migrants from China was supported by the Tomsk State University competitiveness improvement program. The study on mental health of migrant students from CIS countries was supported by budget funding, Project No. AAAA-A19-119020690013-2 “A comprehensive study of clinical and psychopathological patterns and pathobiological mechanisms of formation and progression of socially significant mental and behavioral disorders with development of innovative methods of early diagnosis, personalized treatment and prevention strategies”.

Received

28.06.2020

Publication date

22.12.2020

Number of characters

13235

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GOST	Voevodin I., Peshkovskaya A., Galkin S., Belokrylov I. Social Adaptation and Mental Health of Foreign Students in Siberia // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 11 C. 157-161 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250010306-9-1-en (circulation date: 02.12.2023). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250010306-9
MLA	Voevodin, Ivan V, Peshkovskaya, Anastasia G, Galkin, Stanislav A, Belokrylov, Ilya I "Social Adaptation and Mental Health of Foreign Students in Siberia." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 11 (2020):157-161. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250010306-9
APA	Voevodin I., Peshkovskaya A., Galkin S., Belokrylov I. (2020). Social Adaptation and Mental Health of Foreign Students in Siberia. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (11), pp.157-161 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250010306-9

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