Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online Buying
We investigated international students’ stress-driven spending behavior by focusing on the psychological and behavioral consequences of the strains they experience during the adjustment process in the U.S. We found that certain adjustment strains significantly lowered international students’ self es...
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doaj-a9a2eba36f7a447ca12b4e87db5d40fb2020-11-25T03:10:41ZengJournal of International StudentsJournal of International Students2162-31042166-37502018-10-01841522–15481522–154810.32674/jis.v8i4.214214Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online BuyingYana Lou0Sang-Eun Byun1Auburn University, United StatesUniversity of South Carolina, United StatesWe investigated international students’ stress-driven spending behavior by focusing on the psychological and behavioral consequences of the strains they experience during the adjustment process in the U.S. We found that certain adjustment strains significantly lowered international students’ self esteem, which further affected their happiness and engagement in compulsive online buying. This study highlights the importance of understanding underlying drivers and consequences of international students’ adjustment strains to facilitate better adaptation to a foreign culture and to prevent negative consumption tendencies.https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/214adjustment strainscompulsive online buyinghappinessinternational studentsself-esteem |
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Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online Buying |
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Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online Buying |
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Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online Buying |
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Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online Buying |
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Stress-Driven Spending: Correlates of International Students’ Adjustment Strains and Compulsive Online Buying |
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stress-driven spending: correlates of international students’ adjustment strains and compulsive online buying |
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Journal of International Students |
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Journal of International Students |
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2162-3104 2166-3750 |
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2018-10-01 |
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We investigated international students’ stress-driven spending behavior by focusing on the psychological and behavioral consequences of the strains they experience during the adjustment process in the U.S. We found that certain adjustment strains significantly lowered international students’ self esteem, which further affected their happiness and engagement in compulsive online buying. This study highlights the importance of understanding underlying drivers and consequences of international students’ adjustment strains to facilitate better adaptation to a foreign culture and to prevent negative consumption tendencies. |
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adjustment strains compulsive online buying happiness international students self-esteem |
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