Latent profiles of cross-cultural adaptation among African international students in China: integrating identity recognition, social avoidance, cultural intelligence, and perceived discrimination
Wenda Zhu, Yanhua Zhao · 2026
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African students who move to China for study face a wide cultural gap, and they settle in distinct patterns rather than along a single scale. Wenda Zhu and Yanhua Zhao profiled those patterns in this 2026 study. Four traits anchored the profiles: identity recognition, social avoidance, cultural smarts, and felt discrimination.
A person-centered method sorted students into hidden groups with shared trait mixes, and a mixed-methods design checked how the groups differed in adaptation outcomes. Earlier work mostly tested one trait at a time, assuming all students react alike. Group profiles let universities tailor support: a socially avoidant group needs different help from a group held back mainly by discrimination. The paper offers that practical sorting.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Wenda Zhu, Yanhua Zhao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |