Adela Černigoj

PhD in Health Psychology: Re-acculturation: Individual, intergroup and cultural determinants of re-entry stress

Profile

Adela Černigoj is a full-time doctoral candidate within the School of Health. Her doctoral research examines stress during re-entry adaptation, “the process of readjusting, re-acculturating, and re-assimilating into one’s own home environment after living in a different culture for a significant period of time” (Gaw, 2000, p. 83-84)) from a cross-cultural psychological perspective. Along with individual and intergroup factors such as personality, intergroup attitudes and others, this research also examines the role of heritage cultural values and experience of re-entry stress. With this research she wants to understand which factors can predict greater re-entry stress and how this stress can be prevented and/or reduced.

Qualifications

Msc in Psychology (Arden University), Bsc in Psychosocial Counselling (School of advanced social studies in Nova Gorica)

Research interests

Mental health; multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies; social psychology

Contact

adela.cernigoj@vuw.ac.nz

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