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HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSAustralians, lower consumption of alcohol, and the lower use of the university healthservice, even when needed.Significant faculty-based differences exist in students’ sense of connectedness inMelbourne. This is also reflected in significant differences concerning socialinteraction with co-culturals and Australians, as well as with participation inuniversity clubs, national and cultural associations, and religious groups.Although differences among faculties in cultural stress levels do not reach statisticalsignificance (p=.055), there is a significant faculty-based effect for perceived stressrelating to family expectations. Financial matters also differentiate among facultygroups. There are significant faculty effects on perceived adequacy of financialsupport and engagement in paid work.Another area that differentiates among faculties is lifestyle balance. Faculty-basedeffects exist in two of the three areas of lifestyle balance investigated: study, andnutrition. Although there are no significant differences found in the experience ofdepression, anxiety or stress, faculty-based effects were found in the Abuse andDistress, the Perceptions of Drug Use, and the Use of Alcohol scale scores, as well asin seeking help from the university health service when students felt in need ofmedical help.Once again, however, the percentage of variance in each domain associated with thefaculty in which students are enrolled is small. The general range is from 1.3 per centfor balance in social life to 4.8 per cent for use of drugs. On only one variable is thepercentage of variance higher: it is associated with 17.3 per cent of the variance on theAbuse and Distress scale. However, caution is needed with this variable because thenumbers providing scores on this scale are much lower than for other measures.An interesting question is whether any consistencies are revealed in the well-beingand adaptation of students from particular faculties. When the rank order of facultyresults in different domains are considered, patterns are seen most clearly for facultiesthat have small enrolments. Faculties with large enrolments from the study sampletend to achieve middle rankings, presumably as the effect of individual differences arereduced by the size of the group. In Table 87, profiles of the faculties are presented,showing higher and lower rankings on relevant variables. The terms ‘higher’ and‘lower’ are relative terms, relating to the ranking of a faculty on a particular variablevis-à-vis other faculties. They do not necessarily indicate high or low scores inabsolute terms. Empty cells indicate middle-level rankings.Relative to students in other faculties, VCA students appear to have a positive senseof well-being in many areas. They have a stronger sense of connectedness, lowerlevels of cultural stress and stress from family expectations, and a higher level ofperceived balance in study and nutrition. However, they also have higher scoresconcerning use of drugs and alcohol. The MBS students have contrasting selfperceptions.They have a lower sense of connectedness, reflected also in lower socialinteraction with either co-culturals or Australians. On the other hand they seem to bemore actively involved in organisational life on and off campus. Their cultural stresslevels are higher, as is the stress from fulfilling family expectations. They areconcerned about their lifestyle balance in relation to study and also nutrition. Whiletheir use of drugs is lower, their use of alcohol is higher.Rosenthal, Russell & Thomson, 2006 125
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSArchitectBuildingPlanning(n=56)Table 87 Profiles of faculty-based student perceptions of well-beingArts(n=127)EcoCommerce(n=251)Education(n=41)Engineering(n=156)Land-FoodResources(n=13)Law(n=27)MedicineDentistryHealth(n=122)ConnectednessHigher Lower Higher Lower Higher Lower HigherscaleSocial mixing- Higher Higher Higher Higher Lower Higher Lower Higher Lower Lowerco-culturalsSocial mixing- Lower Lower Higher Lower Lower Higher Higher Lower Higher HigherAustraliansUniversity clubs Lower Lower Lower Higher Lower Higher Higher LowerNational/culturalHigher Higher Lower Higher LowerassociationsReligiousHigher Higher Lower Lower Higher LowerassociationsCultural Stress Higher Lower Higher Higher Lower LowerscaleStress re familyLower Lower Higher Higher Higher LowerexpectationsFinancial supportHigher Higher Lower Higher Lower Lower HigheradequacyPaid work Higher Lower Lower LowerBalance – study Higher Higher Lower Higher Lower Lower Higher HigherBalance - nutrition Lower Higher Lower Higher Higher Lower HigherAbuse and DistressHigher Lower Lower Higher Higher Lower Higher Lowerscale*Use of Drugs scale Higher Lower Lower Lower Lower Higher Higher HigherUse of AlcoholLower Lower Lower Lower Higher Higher HigherscaleVisit health service Higher Lower Lower Higher Higher*Numbers involved in this domain are very low.MBS(n=8)Music(n=14)Science(n=119)VetScience(n=18)VCA(n=12)Rosenthal, Russell & Thomson, 2006 126
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