Cognitive-Behavioral Psychoeducational Program for Cultural Adaptation and Psychological Resilience Among International Students

This study evaluated a psychoeducational program developed to support psychologicaladaptation and resilience among first‐year international university students experiencingelevated acculturative stress. Participants who met the study eligibility criteria wereassigned to one of three study conditions: a cognitive‐behavioral psychoeducation group,a placebo‐control group receiving career guidance activities, or a waiting‐list controlgroup. The psychoeducational intervention was delivered over eight weeks. Psychologicaladaptation, resilience, and acculturative stress‐related outcomes were assessed usingstandardized self‐report measures before and after the intervention. The study aimed toexamine whether participation in the psychoeducational program was associated withchanges in these psychological outcomes compared with the two control conditions.