Survey of Indian Medical Students’ Adaptation in Kazakhstan: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Academic Dimensions
Kuzembayeva G. Maydangalieva Z. Kulbaeva B.S. Urkunova A. Kupenova A.
December 2021Kazan Federal University
Education and Self Development
2021#16Issue 425 - 35 pp.
This study investigated international students’ adaptation experience in a higher education institution. A sociological survey was conducted among one hundred and seventy Indian students in their first and second year of medical studies at West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Aktobe, the Republic of Kazakhstan. Against the background of many studies in this field, this topic is contextualized within the higher medical education system in the western region of Kazakhstan. The study helps to improve understanding of such phenomena as international students’ dimensions of psychological, sociocultural, and academic adaptation. The differences in the various dimensions of adaptation from the gender perspective and the year of study were investigated. The impact of the adaptation level on the students’ study achievements was assessed. The study results demonstrated challenges in psychological adaptation in the first-year international students, which decreased over time. The differences in the psychological, sociocultural, and academic adaptability between girls and boys were not statistically significant. Second-year international students felt more emotionally comfortable and psychologically safe in the group, and this reflected their high grades GPA. Based on the findings, the authors propose recommendations on how to improve the international students’ comfortableness in the Kazakhstani university setting.
Academic adaptation , International students , Medical education , Psychological adaptation , Sociocultural adaptation
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K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
Baishev University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University
Baishev University
West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University
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