Social Support and Social Adjustment among Overseas Students

Abstrak

Overseas students face various challenges in adapting to a new social environment, including adjusting to different cultural norms, social systems, and academic structures that are unfamiliar to their home environment. Inability to adapt well can lead to various psychological problems and difficulty in forming positive social relationships. One factor that plays a role in the success of social adjustment among overseas students is the social support they receive, whether from family, friends, or an academic environment that provides encouragement. This study applies a quantitative method with a two-variable correlational design to analyze the relationship between social support and social adjustment. The sampling technique used was total sampling, involving 35 overseas students as respondents. Data were collected through a social support scale and a social adjustment scale, then analyzed using Pearson’s product-moment correlation. The findings show a positive correlation between social support and social adjustment among overseas students in the Psychology Department at Halu Oleo University, with a correlation coefficient of 0.613 and a significance value of 0.001. The higher the social support a student receives, the higher their level of social adjustment tends to be.

Kata kunci

• dukungan sosial
• mahasiswa
• overseas students
• penyesuaian diri
• social adjustment
• social support