The mediating effect of polyculturalism on cultural adaptation and its consequences: Examining the sojourner experience

• Main Authors: Arevalo, Elle, Falgui, William Dionysius, Novero, Abigail Victoria, Villanueva, Jose Lorenzo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Adaptability (Psychology) > Philippines; Culture shock > Philippines; Travelers > Philippines; Filipinos > Foreign countries
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6153
• Institution: De La Salle University

Cultural adaptation is a process of adjusting one's mindset to be consistent with the host country's culture. Culture shock is the feeling of anxiety that comes from exposure to unfamiliar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Well being is a person's cognitive and effective evalua...