Life Skills and Acculturative Stress among Students

Abstract

Acculturative stress is the psychological impact of adaptation to a new culture. Immigrant students might face number of significant stressors that are likely to be pervasive, intense, and lifelong. This may occur due to adapting new languages, new climate, experiencing racial discrimination, homesickness or general lack of comfort with the other culture. To avoid acculturative stress emphasis should be given to anti-bullying policies and global peace. Students can cope up with this situation by integrating few life skills in their daily life. This paper defines and describes some life skills which are essential for immigrant students.