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JOURNAL OF YOUTH RESEARCHES
University-Based Social Work
Intervention with International
Students: Using a Multicultural
Approach
Yaser Snoubar*
Copyright © 2017
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
Journal of Youth Research • April 2017 • 5(1) • 101-110
ISSN 2147-8473
Received
| 03 March 2017
Accepted
| 10 April 2017
Abstract
The number of young students who immigrated to other countries for educational purposes is in-
creasing day by day and this situation is likely to continue in the near future. The students who have
immigrated for the purpose of education experience various problems in adapting to the culture of a
new country. This may have negative effects on their educational success, valuing leisure time, par-
ticipating in social activities within the new society and socialization in general. In this article, adjust-
ment problems experienced by undergraduate international students and the application of social
work to solve these problems will be discussed. Besides, it will develop suggestions that contribute
to encourage young students to search for solutions to the problems they face in a multicultural
environment. The aim of this article is to explain how university-based social work intervention can
be used for international students in order to solve their problems and enhance their well-being. The
solutions that the study proposed will be structured within the framework of multicultural approach.
Keywords:
International Students, Adjustment Problems, Multicultural Approach, Social Work Prac-
tice, Migration for the Purposes of Education.
E X T E N D E D A B S T R A C T
* Dr., Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Lecturer at Department of Social Work,
