CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF PAKISTANI STUDENTS' DAILY LIFE IN CHINA

Abstract

This study aims at the cross-cultural adaptation of 192 Pakistani students majoring in MBBS in Yichun University, Jiangxi Province, China. Taking perceived stress, coping mechanism, Chinese proficiency and social support as independent variables, social interaction adaptation, communication adaptation, study environment adaptation and living environment adaptation as dependent variables, research and analysis of gender and grade as regulatory variables and university support as intermediate variables. The researchers studied the positive and negative relationship between their variables and dependent variables. Through the distribution of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, their cross-cultural daily life and learning during university were observed.