Adaptation and Intercultural Communication Apprehension in International Students in the United States

• In Event: Reducing Uncertainty in an Uncertain World

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors which appear to affect cross-cultural adaptation for International students, why some assimilate, why some do so more quickly than others, and why some fail to participate at all in the host culture. The current study aimed to find out the influence of one’s culture and intercultural communication apprehension on intercultural adaptation. The study found that adaptation level is influenced by Intercultural Communication Apprehension.

Author

• Samara Anarbaeva, Bowling Green State Univ