Cultural intelligence as a Predictor of Acculturative stress and Psychological Well-being among College Students

January 2015, Vol.41, No.1

Page No 86-94 Maryam Jan Barkat Dar University of Kashmir, Srinagar Govt. Degree College Women Sopore, Kashmir

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Page No 86-94
Maryam Jan Barkat Dar
University of Kashmir, Srinagar Govt. Degree College Women Sopore, Kashmir

The present study examined the role of cultural intelligence in predicting acculturative
stress and psychological well-being among college students. The sample consists of
219 Kashmiri college students (male = 52.10%, female = 47.90%; mean age = 23.30
years, SD = 1.70) who migrated to Bhopal (Central India) for receiving education and
completed self reported measures of cultural intelligence, acculturative stress and
psychological well-being. The fi ndings of the study revealed that cultural intelligence is
a signifi cant predictor of acculturative stress and psychological well-being. Relevance
of the present fi ndings for student’s cultural intelligence, acculturative stress, and
psychological well-being has been implicated

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