| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9页 |
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 第16-24页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第16-19页 |
| 1.1.1 Internationalization in Higher Education | 第16页 |
| 1.1.2 Internationalization of Higher Education in China | 第16-17页 |
| 1.1.3 A Brief History of International Students in China | 第17-18页 |
| 1.1.4 Perceived Benefits of Study Abroad in China | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2 Theoretical Framework Overview | 第19-21页 |
| 1.3 Purpose and Significance of the Current Study | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4 Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第22-23页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 2: Literature Review | 第24-35页 |
| 2.1 Sojourners | 第24页 |
| 2.2 Adaptation - an overview | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2.1 The ABC Model and its application in studying international student adaptation | 第25-28页 |
| 2.3 Types of International Student Adaptation | 第28-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Psychological Adaptation | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.2 Sociocultural Adaptation | 第29页 |
| 2.3.3 Academic Adaptation | 第29-31页 |
| 2.4 The“C”in the ABC Model and Perceived Cultural Distance | 第31页 |
| 2.5 The“A”in the ABC Model and Feelings of Social Exclusion | 第31-32页 |
| 2.6 The“B”in the ABC Model and Percentage of Intra-cultural Friendships | 第32-34页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3: Methodology | 第35-50页 |
| 3.1 Participants | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2 Research Design | 第36-39页 |
| 3.2.1. Exploratory Focus Group Interviews | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2.2. Findings for Focus Groups | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.3. Survey Design | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Materials | 第39-43页 |
| 3.3.1 Demographic Questions | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3.2 Academic Adaptation | 第41页 |
| 3.3.3 Close Contact measure | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3.4 Social Exclusion | 第42页 |
| 3.3.5 Brief Scales | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3.5a Brief Perceived Cultural Distance Scale (BPCDS) | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3.5b Brief Psychological Adaptation Scale (BPAS) | 第43页 |
| 3.3.5c Brief Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (BSAS) | 第43页 |
| 3.4. Procedure | 第43-44页 |
| 3.5 Data Analysis Process | 第44-50页 |
| 3.5.1 Data input | 第44-48页 |
| 3.5.1a Intra-cultural friend choice data input | 第44-46页 |
| 3.5.1b Likert-scale measure data input | 第46-47页 |
| 3.5.1c Entry of missing data | 第47-48页 |
| 3.5.2 Reliability tests - initial screening | 第48页 |
| 3.5.3 Reliability tests - statistical analysis | 第48页 |
| 3.5.4 Testing the hypotheses | 第48-50页 |
| 3.5.4a Testing the independent variables | 第49页 |
| 3.5.4b Testing the independent variables’ individual and cumulative effect on thedependent variables | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter 4: Results | 第50-68页 |
| 4.1 Demographics | 第50-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Nationalities and Cultural Regions | 第50页 |
| 4.1.2. Universities represented in the study | 第50页 |
| 4.1.3. Majors of Study | 第50-51页 |
| 4.1.4. Language of Instruction | 第51页 |
| 4.1.5. Motivation in coming to China | 第51页 |
| 4.1.6. Prior Intercultural Experience | 第51页 |
| 4.2. Reliability and Descriptive Statistical Results | 第51-54页 |
| 4.3 Linear Regression on Independent Variables | 第54页 |
| 4.4 Testing the Hypotheses | 第54-61页 |
| 4.4.1. Testing the effect of the independent variables on psychological adaptation | 第55-57页 |
| 4.4.2 Testing the effect of the independent variables on sociocultural adaptation | 第57-59页 |
| 4.4.3 Testing the effect of the independent variables on academic adaptation | 第59-61页 |
| 4.5 Discussion | 第61-67页 |
| 4.5.1 Hypothesis | 第61-63页 |
| Perceived cultural distance and psychological adaptation | 第62页 |
| Perceived cultural distance and sociocultural adaptation | 第62页 |
| Perceived cultural distance and academic adaptation | 第62-63页 |
| 4.5.2 Hypothesis | 第63-65页 |
| Feelings of social exclusion in the host country and psychological adaptation | 第64页 |
| Feelings of social exclusion in the host country and sociocultural adaptation | 第64页 |
| Feelings of social exclusion in the host country and academic adaptation | 第64-65页 |
| Feelings of social exclusion and intracultural friend choice | 第65页 |
| 4.5.3 Hypothesis | 第65-67页 |
| Percentage of intracultural friendships and psychological adaptation | 第66页 |
| Percentage of intracultural friendships and sociocultural adaptation | 第66页 |
| Percentage of intracultural friendships and academic adaptation | 第66-67页 |
| 4.6 Summary of Hypotheses Test Results | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter 5: Conclusion | 第68-75页 |
| 5.1 Summary of Findings | 第68-71页 |
| 5.1.1 Towards an Updated ABC Model | 第69-71页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第71-72页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and recommendations for further research | 第72-73页 |
| 5.4 Future prospects | 第73-75页 |
| References | 第75-82页 |
| Appendix | 第82-102页 |
