Is Silence Golden? Chronic Stress and Psychophysiological Indicators’ Changes over Time in International Students: A Pilot Study

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Most people assume studying or working abroad would be stressful - but would one ever think that it could be detrimental to the health? Stress literature relates cross-cultural transactions to the chances of gaining higher levels of chronic stress. This paper reports the results of two studies on international students in Moscow in 2018. Specifically, Study 1 assessed how cross-cultural transactions perceived to affect health state during the first 6 months of their relocation. Study 2 aimed to investigate if the psychological stress linked to relocation to a different country can possibly lead to psychobiological effects of chronic stress. In Study 1, qualitative methods were applied to conduct 21 interviews with international students. In Study 2, a longitudinal pilot study was conducted for 10 foreign students during the first 2-5 (M = 3.6) months of their relocation. Stress related to cross-cultural transactions was expected to affect subjective well-being and health variables. The health state was a relatively silent topic in the interview participants of Study 1. The results of Study 2 showed that the participants had changes in the resting heart rate (RHR) baseline. Perceived chronic stress related to cross-cultural transactions may affect psychophysiological state; however, the affect varies depending on a person. Further research is required for the data consistency and for identifying non-invasive objective risk markers and individual stress pathways, with the goal of identifying “at-risk” students and providing treatment options before any serious harm is done to their health.

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Iuliia Muzychenko

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Email: iuliia.muzychenko@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8896-3615

independent researcher

5 2nd Baumanskaya St, bldg 1, Moscow, 105005, Russian Federation

Irina Apollonova

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Email: apollonova-i@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2908-6541

Ph.D., Doctor of Technical Sciences, is Head of Department, Associate Professor of Biomedical Telemetry, Biomedical Statistics, PhD Supervisor at Biomedical Engineering Department

5 2nd Baumanskaya St, bldg 1, Moscow, 105005, Russian Federation

David Evans

Purdue University

编辑信件的主要联系方式.
Email: dave83707@gmail.com

independent researcher

610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47906, United States of America

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