Effects of mobile instant messenger use on acculturative stress among international students in South Korea

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Highlights：

• This study examined the effects of a mobile instant messenger (MIM) in South Korea.

• The use of a Korean MIM reduced foreign students' acculturative stress.

• The use of foreign students' home-country SNS helped feeling of social support.

摘要

•This study examined the effects of a mobile instant messenger (MIM) in South Korea.•The use of a Korean MIM reduced foreign students' acculturative stress.•The use of foreign students' home-country SNS helped feeling of social support.

论文关键词：Mobile instant messenger,KakaoTalk,Acculturative stress,Satisfaction with life,Perceived social support

论文评审过程：Available online 28 December 2017, Version of Record 3 January 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.12.033