Author : Xiaowen Xu
Release : 2014
Genre : Acculturation
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The Influence of the Message Source's National Identity on Chinese International Students' Attitudes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Influence of the Message Source's National Identity on Chinese International Students' Attitudes write by Xiaowen Xu. This book was released on 2014. The Influence of the Message Source's National Identity on Chinese International Students' Attitudes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although international students' acculturation and psychological status have been studied by cross-cultural scholars, the question of whether they are more likely to take recommendations from their own national group or the host national group has been minimally studied. Based on Social Identity Theory, this paper predicted that Chinese international students in the U.S. are more easily persuaded by a co-national (Chinese) source than an American source. A 2 (source national identity) by 2 (message valence) factor design was conducted among 144 Chinese international students. Results were not in the predicted direction. Participants were persuaded more by an American source than a Chinese source, though the difference was only marginally significant. There was no significant difference in perceived source credibility or similarity. However, when co-national identification level was controlled, source identity and message valence interacted to influence perceived credibility. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed. -- Abstract.