Social Self-efficacy:the Revision And Application Of Cross-cultural

The international students’cross-cultural adaptation is raising more and more researchers’attention. In this thesis the researcher used qualitative and quantitative research methods to amendment the social self-efficacy questionnaire, and made it more adapted to international students’ cross-culture social status. In this study the researcher also explored the dimensions and influencing factors of international students’social self-efficacy. Besides, this thesis discussed the relationship between the social self-efficacy and cross-cultural adaptation of international students.In qualitative research, the researcher interviewed10international students studying in Shanghai, and then used grounded theory analysis the interview data. The qualitative research results shows that:international students’social self-efficacy includes participating in social activities and making Chinese friends, and affected by individual level factors, group level factors and national level factors.In quantitative research, the researcher gathered one hundred and thirty-four questionnaires and used SPSS19.0to analysis the result. At first, Social self-efficacy for students (SSESS) was revised. The reliability of the modified SSESS is0.832, and it also has good criterion validity and construct validity. It was found that gender, times in China and ages factors have no significant effect on international students’ social self-efficacy. But the regional differences have significant effect on international students’ social self-efficacy. At last, it’s verified that international students’ social self-efficacy is significantly related with international students’ cross-cultural adaptation level, and can also predict foreign students’ cross-cultural adaptation.