Acculturation and psychological adjustment

1. I feel I am able to do my schoolwork as well as most other international students.

2. I feel I am able to do my schoolwork as well as most other American students.

3. I take a positive attitude toward myself after I came to the U.S.

4. Overall‚ I am satisfied with myself and my life after I came to the U.S.

5. I feel upset often since I came to the U.S.

6. I feel more discouraged about my future than I used to be since I came to the U.S.

7. I often feel like I am a failure since I came to the U.S.

8. I am not as confident as I used to be since I came to the U.S.

9. I cry more than I used to since I came to the U.S.

10. I don’t consider myself as worthwhile and useful as I used to since I came to the U.S.

11. I can’t concentrate as well as usual since I came to the U.S.

12. I often can’t sleep well after I came to the U.S.

13. I am more irritable than usual.

14. Sometimes I feel I am treated differently in an uncomfortable way because I am a foreign student.

15. I feel homesick quite often.

16. I miss the people and country of my origin.

17. I feel uncomfortable to adjust myself to American cultural environment.

18. I often feel lonely and isolated since I came to the U.S.

19. I do not have a sense of belonging here.

20. I feel more anxious than I used to since I came to the U.S.

1= Strongly disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Neutral; 4 = Agree; 5 = Strongly agree

Negatively worded items were coded reversely

Internal reliability ranges from .84 to .91 (Ward & Kennedy‚ 1999)