International students' collective resilience in crisis: Sense of community reduced anxiety via social contact and social support during lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The role of community in individuals' well-being has been extensively examined in the Western context. However, little is known about how the host community is related to sojourners' well-being in a crisis in an Asian context. The current study aims at exploring international students' sense of community in the Chinese context under the direct threat of a global health crisis.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional sample of 102 international students staying in Wuhan during the 76-day lockdown at the earliest stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current study explored the relationship between international students' sense of community and anxiety, and the mediating role of social contact, social support from three key sources in the host community (host university, inter

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature