Coping with culture shock: a study of stressors, adjustments and stereotypes among chinese students at bangkok university

6-18 Months Group	INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION STRESSORS	COPING
ADJUSTMENT
Language (Thai & English)	Chinese & Thai friends’ helps	Learning from classes, friends, local Thai or books
Cultural and religious knowledge	Chinese & Thai friends’ helps	Learning from websites, books, and Local Thai
Local information Local news Local services	Chinese & Thai friends’ helps	Learning from newspaper, website, English materials and local Thais
Close Friendship with Thai and foreigners (Non-Chinese)	Talk with Thai and foreigners	Improving intercultural communication skills Languages Knowledge of culture
Loneliness and homesickness	Visit friends, games, online charting, call parents, parties, reading

According to U-curve culture shock, Crisis stage is the most difficult period for international students. The stage is described as Initial differences in values, language, signs and symbols lead to feelings of inadequacy, frustration, despair and anger (Oberg,

1960). Actually, based on the result of research, Chinese students (6-18 months group) have less stressor than 0-6 months group. For those significant stressors, such as language, cultural and religious knowledge, local information, and loneliness and homesickness are remained since they arrived in Thailand. Close friendship with Thai and foreigners is the only extra stressor those respondents (6-18 months group) mentioned in interviews. In general, those 10 respondents are not that boring or disappointed as theoretical orientation directed.