International nursing students’ culture shock and academic engagement: The moderating role of resilience
Maha Gamal Ramadan Asal a; Mohamed Hussein Ramadan Atta b,h,; Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry b; Hendy, Abdelaziz; Mohamed Ebrahim Abdelkader Kheder d; Ahmed Zaher Mohamed e; Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim El-Sayed;
Abstract
Background: The nursing profession has experienced a growing influx of international nursing students pursuing
nursing degrees in the current era. Predicting and controlling culture shock among this special group is a critical
issue as it shapes their academic engagement. Building resilience capabilities among this set of students is a
pivotal necessity to buffer the effect of culture shock on their academic engagement.
Objective: To explore the relationship between culture shock and academic engagement among international
nursing students, and investigate the moderating effect of resilience on this relationship.
Design: Cross-sectional correlational study.
Setting: Three faculties of nursing at Egypt.
Participants: A total of 252 international nursing students were assessed for eligibility. Twelve students were
excluded, and out of the 240 respondents to the survey, 233 responses were valid and were ultimately analyzed.
Methods: A hand-delivered anonymous questionnaire in Arabic and English that consisted of four parts was used
to collect the data. It included students’ characteristics and relevant data, the culture shock questionnaire, the
academic resilience scale, and the university student engagement inventory. The data collection spans from the
beginning of November 2023 to the end of December 2023. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and linear
regression were employed via SPSS and Process Macro to test the hypothetical relationships among the study
variables.
Results: There was a significant negative correlation between culture shock and the academic engagement of
international nursing students. Culture shock and resilience are powerful predictors of their academic engagement.
The moderating effect of resilience on the relationship between culture shock and the academic engagement
of international nursing students was statistically significant, making it less negative.
Conclusion: Culture shock is an inevitable phenomenon among international nursing students and has a negative
effect on their academic engagement and performance. This negative effect could be buffered by maximizing the
resilience capabilities of this set of students.
nursing degrees in the current era. Predicting and controlling culture shock among this special group is a critical
issue as it shapes their academic engagement. Building resilience capabilities among this set of students is a
pivotal necessity to buffer the effect of culture shock on their academic engagement.
Objective: To explore the relationship between culture shock and academic engagement among international
nursing students, and investigate the moderating effect of resilience on this relationship.
Design: Cross-sectional correlational study.
Setting: Three faculties of nursing at Egypt.
Participants: A total of 252 international nursing students were assessed for eligibility. Twelve students were
excluded, and out of the 240 respondents to the survey, 233 responses were valid and were ultimately analyzed.
Methods: A hand-delivered anonymous questionnaire in Arabic and English that consisted of four parts was used
to collect the data. It included students’ characteristics and relevant data, the culture shock questionnaire, the
academic resilience scale, and the university student engagement inventory. The data collection spans from the
beginning of November 2023 to the end of December 2023. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and linear
regression were employed via SPSS and Process Macro to test the hypothetical relationships among the study
variables.
Results: There was a significant negative correlation between culture shock and the academic engagement of
international nursing students. Culture shock and resilience are powerful predictors of their academic engagement.
The moderating effect of resilience on the relationship between culture shock and the academic engagement
of international nursing students was statistically significant, making it less negative.
Conclusion: Culture shock is an inevitable phenomenon among international nursing students and has a negative
effect on their academic engagement and performance. This negative effect could be buffered by maximizing the
resilience capabilities of this set of students.
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| Title | International nursing students’ culture shock and academic engagement: The moderating role of resilience | Authors | Maha Gamal Ramadan Asal a; Mohamed Hussein Ramadan Atta b,h,; Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry b; Hendy, Abdelaziz ; Mohamed Ebrahim Abdelkader Kheder d; Ahmed Zaher Mohamed e; Ahmed Abdelwahab Ibrahim El-Sayed | Issue Date | 2024 | Journal | Nurse Education Today | Volume | 145 | DOI | DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106499 |
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