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- Title
Mediation effect of social support on the relationship between cultural intelligence and acculturative stress.
- Authors
Khan, Khan Abraruzzaman; Hasan, B.
- Abstract
The objective of the present empirical piece of research work is to examine the mediation effect of social support on the relationship between cultural intelligence and acculturative stress. Following the incidental cum random sampling technique 200 students were drawn from different institution at Warangal city, to serve as participants in the present research work. Acculturative stress was measured by 16 item acculturative stress scale (Khan & Hasan, 2017). Social support was measured by social support scale for within country migrated students (Khan & Hasan, 2017). Cultural intelligence was measured by Cultural intelligence was measured by 20- item Cultural Intelligence Scale (Ang et al., 2007). Mediation effect was worked out by structural equation model (SEM). Result of the study indicated that total effect of cultural intelligence on acculturative stress reduced when social support was included in model. The mediation model showed statistical good model fit. It is concluded that there is sufficient empirical and statistical evidence of the mediation effect of social support on the relationship between cultural intelligence and acculturative stress.
- Subjects
SOCIAL support; CULTURAL intelligence; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; MEDIATION
- Publication
IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, 2018, Vol 6, Issue 10, p2032
- ISSN
2347-3797
- Publication type
Article