Examining the Cultural and Social Challenges of Studying Abroad

Financial difficulties are not typically considered a cultural challenge, but rather a practical one.

Homesickness is the feeling of longing for home and familiarity while living in a foreign country.

Finding affordable housing is not typically considered a social challenge, but rather a practical one.

Reverse culture shock is the experience of returning to one's home country after living abroad for an extended period of time.

Avoiding contact with people from different cultures is not a strategy for overcoming cultural and social challenges, but rather a way to exacerbate them.

Culture shock is the feeling of discomfort or anxiety that can occur when interacting with people from different cultures.

Acculturation is the process of adapting to a new culture.

Marginalization is not a type of acculturation strategy, but rather a state of being.

Assimilation is the process of adopting the values, beliefs, and behaviors of the dominant culture in a new country.

Differences in climate are not typically considered a factor that can contribute to culture shock.

Integration is the process of maintaining one's own culture while also adopting some aspects of the new culture.

Avoiding contact with people from the new culture is not a strategy for reducing culture shock, but rather a way to exacerbate it.

Marginalization is the feeling of being an outsider or not belonging in a new culture.