| Abstrakt: |
Students often relocate in pursuit of better education, but it's crucial that they feel content and fulfilled in their new academic environment for this pursuit to be meaningful. However, many non-native students experience adjustment problems, loneliness, identity crises, and various mental health problems like stress and anxiety. The present study examines the role of ego identity and social connectedness in the academic life satisfaction of nonnative students. Atotal of 234 ((Male = 119, Female = 115) non-native students from the central universities of Delhi participated in this study. They responded to a set of self-report measures that assessed their ego identity, social connectedness, and academic life satisfaction. Results showed that non-native students scored moderately on social connectedness and academic life satisfaction despite being most of them classified into identity diffused status. Further, social connectedness was seen to be positively correlated to academic life satisfaction. However, female non-native students were seen to experience lower social connectedness compared to their male counterparts. This study contributes to our understanding of the personal, social, and academic life of non-native students in Delhi, and provides the insight that socialization and friendship-building are imperative for non-native students to excel in their academic life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
