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                                                                <journal-id>suje</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Sakarya University Journal of Education</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2146-7455</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2146-7455</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Sakarya University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19126/suje.544761</article-id>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Being Student in a Foreign Country: Adaptation Problems and Solution Strategies</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1245-9233</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Güneş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mehmet</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-9405</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Aydar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Özkan</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20190815">
                    <day>08</day>
                    <month>15</month>
                    <year>2019</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>9</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>363</fpage>
                                        <lpage>382</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20190326">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2019</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20190708">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>08</month>
                        <year>2019</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2011, Sakarya University Journal of Education</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2011</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Sakarya University Journal of Education</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>There are many factors affecting psychology, motivation and successstatus of students. Especially with fast communication in the global world,these factors spread more quickly and takes broad masses under influence.Individuals studying in a geography different than their country have to adaptto a new geography, climate and culture besides ordinary charges that everystudent confronts in education process. In the context of this study examiningeducation process of foreign students, the adaptation problems of foreignstudents studying in 2018 at Iğdır University and their coping strategies areemphasized. The study included 122 foreign students enrolled at IğdırUniversity. Two data collection methods are used in the work. One is a fieldsurvey technique based on quantitative data, other is a questionnaire usingMichigan Foreign Student Problem Inventory. According to findings, essentialproblems encountered by foreign students are related to housing, socio-culturalactivity facilities, relations with institutions, health insurance and leisureactivities. In this study, it has been investigated whether there aresignificant differences between adaptation problems that students face anddemographic variables such as age, gender, nationality, education level,education field, income sources, type of accommodation, the duration of livingin Iğdır, and it has been tried to determine the coping strategies developed bythese students against problems they face.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Foreign student</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Higher education</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Adaptation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Problems</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Solution Strategies.</kwd>
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