KONTRIBUSI CULTURE SHOCK TERHADAP SELF ADJUSTMENT MAHASISWA KELAS INTERNASIONAL UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG

Abstract

This study aims to describe culture shock and self adjustment on students, and examine the contribution of culture shock to student self adjustment. The population is the international class students of Padang State University as many as 212 students using simple random sampling techniques. The research method uses descriptive and regression. The instruments used were "Inventory Culture Shock" (ICS) with a reliability of 0.74 and "Inventory Self Adjusment Puji and Verlanda" (ISAPUVE) with a reliability of 0.80. The conclusion of this research is that there is a contribution of culture shock to the self adjusmnet of international class students at Universitas Negeri Padang.