Cross-national encounters: Turkish students in the United States |
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Authors: | Cigdim Kagitcibasi |
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Institution: | Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey |
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Abstract: | This research studied the effects of sojourn experience on the attitudes of young Turkish students spending a year in the U.S. The study, using a pretest-posttest control group design, was repeated for two years and was completed by a follow-up. Certain attitude changes were obtained which were attributed to the favorable nature of sojourn experience. These changes were mainly decreases in authoritarianism and religiosity and increases in world-mindedness and to a lesser degree in belief in internal control and perceived family control. Most of these changes were found to be of duration longer than one year. Patriotism and achievement values decreased independently of sojourn experience, indicating an age trend. After returning home subjects were found to undergo a readjustment process arriving at an optimum level in about a year. |
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Keywords: | Request for reprints should be sent to Cigdim Kagitcibasi Department of Social Sciences Bogazici University P K 2 Bebek-Istanbul Turkey |
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