Stress and Adaptation in Cross-Cultural Transition

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To explore the possible association of various stages in the cross-cultural adaptation process with different degrees of stress (imbalance in need-press relationship) and levels of human and skill resources, the Activities Index, Organizational Climate Index, Personal Orientation Inventory, and Adjustment Questionnaire were administered to 40 Peace Corps trainees. Peace Corps Assessment Ratings were used as measures of language, teaching and interpersonal skills, and cultural knowledge. One-way analyses of variance indicated significant differences between the defensive retreat, acknowledgement, and adaptation and change stages on the stress, and personal and skill resource areas. The step-wise regression procedure included language and teaching skills and the inventory's scale for acceptance of aggression in the equation explaining 94% of the variance in stage of adaptation.

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