One belt & one road international students' gratitude and acculturation stress: A moderated mediation model

There has been limited research that examined the association between gratitude and acculturation stress and the mediation and moderation mechanisms of the link. This current study discussed whether affect balance and resilience mediate the relationship between gratitude and acculturation stress and whether social support moderates the mediation effects. We used the data selected from 266 international students from One Belt & One Road countries in China to test the theoretical model. The participants completed the measures of gratitude, acculturation stress, affect balance, resilience, and social support. The findings indicated that gratitude was negatively related to acculturation stress. Moreover, affect balance and resilience mediated the relationship between gratitude and acculturation stress. The findings further indicated that perceived social support moderates the association between gratitude and affect balance. The limitations and implications for future studies are discussed in the end.
Author(s): Mengfan Xia [sup.1] , Chunyu Yang [sup.2] , You Zhou [sup.3] , Guohai Cheng [sup.4] , Jiali Yu [sup.5] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.41156.37, 0000 0001 2314 964X, School of [...]