Understanding International Students from Asia in American Universities by Yingyi Ma & Martha A. Garcia-Murillo

Author:Yingyi Ma & Martha A. Garcia-Murillo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Negotiating and Preserving the Cultural Values of the Homeland

While these Korean students adjusted to a new academic environment, they began to develop a sense of interdependence, which often entailed redefining their values and ideas about the kind of person they wanted to be as well as developing both an awareness of their individual strengths and weaknesses and an ability to handle life’s problems with less reliance on family. Several participants expressed strong, integrated personal values embedded in Korean culture and familial relations. Participants in this study overwhelmingly reported maintaining strong relationships with immediate and/or extended family members during their time abroad. Among Korean students, it was prevalent to identify oneself as a son, daughter, brother, sister, or friend—defining one’s role in a social sense, rather than an individual one. Kevin illuminated the importance of family in the following quote:We have family togetherness. Family comes first. We have weekly family gatherings and we try to help each other. If something happens to one of our family members, we will try to be there for them.

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