Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of acculturation and socio-cultural
and psychological adjustment in the alcohol consumption phenomenon among students in international
mobility (Credit Mobility Students ‒ CMS). It has been suggested, consistently
with acculturative stress and coping theory and socio-cultural learning theory, that acculturative
orientation towards the country of origins, high level of socio-cultural adjustment and
lower rates of psychological adjustment could work as risk factors for alcohol consumption
increase among this population. The study adopted a mixed-method design. An online anonymous
questionnaire was submitted in two times (T1 pre-departure and T2, during the sojourn)
to a first sample (N = 231; gender = 68.4% female e 31.6% male; average age = 22, SD
= 1.54), composed of Italian credit mobility students from a Milan university. 30 of them were
also interviewed after their return. Logistic regression’s results showed that psychological
adjustment was the only variable significantly and positively associated with the amount of
alcohol consumed, falsifying the hypothesis. Qualitative results suggested that participants
led a lifestyle similar to holiday-makers, featured by limited contact with the local culture,
condition that seems to be connected with alcohol consumption rates. In conclusion, the existing
theoretical frameworks developed on immigrant population resulted inadequate to explain the drinking phenomenon among Italian CMS.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Acculturation and alcohol consumption in Italian students on international mobility. A mixed methods study |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
pagine (da-a) | 25-51 |
Numero di pagine | 27 |
Rivista | Psicologia della Salute |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2017 |
Keywords
- Credit Mobility Ctudents (CMS), study abroad students, acculturation, adjustment, alcohol consumption