[{"user_id":"119325","_id":"61908","extern":"1","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"keyword":["loneliness","personal networks","international student mobility","gender","emotional support"],"type":"report","status":"public","abstract":[{"text":"For students, study abroad has its advantages but might also have unwanted adverse ef-fects, such as social isolation and loneliness. We analyze the role of emotional support in understanding loneliness among Chinese international students in Germany, in comparison to local students, from a gender perspective. Based on a representative sample, our findings suggest that Chinese international students feel lonelier than local ones. Female Chinese international students are less lonely compared to male ones, whereas the opposite is true for local students. Contrary to our expectations, a higher number of emotionally supportive ties is associated with higher levels of loneliness for all the students. Our further analysis of the correlation between emotional support and loneliness separately for the four subgroups indicates that while for female local students having more emotionally supportive ties is as-sociated with lower levels of loneliness, for female Chinese international students we find the opposite trend. For all male students, we find no significant effect of emotional support on loneliness. We recommend conducting a longitudinal study for examining the causality of the relationship between networks and loneliness in the future. Results have important implica-tions for universities and higher education research in understanding the role of networks on loneliness.","lang":"eng"}],"date_created":"2025-10-21T11:21:43Z","author":[{"first_name":"Basak","last_name":"Bilecen","full_name":"Bilecen, Basak"},{"first_name":"Isabell","last_name":"Diekmann","full_name":"Diekmann, Isabell","id":"119325"},{"first_name":"Thomas","full_name":"Faist, Thomas","last_name":"Faist"}],"volume":178,"publisher":"Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie","date_updated":"2025-10-21T12:06:39Z","title":"The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?","citation":{"apa":"Bilecen, B., Diekmann, I., &#38; Faist, T. (2023). <i>The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?</i> (Vol. 178). Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie.","short":"B. Bilecen, I. Diekmann, T. Faist, The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie, 2023.","mla":"Bilecen, Basak, et al. <i>The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?</i> Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie, 2023.","bibtex":"@book{Bilecen_Diekmann_Faist_2023, title={The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?}, volume={178}, publisher={Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie}, author={Bilecen, Basak and Diekmann, Isabell and Faist, Thomas}, year={2023} }","ama":"Bilecen B, Diekmann I, Faist T. <i>The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?</i> Vol 178. Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie; 2023.","chicago":"Bilecen, Basak, Isabell Diekmann, and Thomas Faist. <i>The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?</i> Vol. 178. Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie, 2023.","ieee":"B. Bilecen, I. Diekmann, and T. Faist, <i>The Dark Side of International Student Mobility: Which Students Suffer from Loneliness?</i>, vol. 178. Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), Fakultät für Soziologie, 2023."},"page":"23","intvolume":"       178","year":"2023"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"keyword":["Intergenerational relationships","Emotional support","Solidarity","Adult children","Gender"],"publication":"Journal of Adult Development","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"This study investigates how different factors in regard to intergenerational relationships are associated with emotional support\r\ngiven by adults to their parents. The analysis focuses on adult children and their parents in a representative German sample.\r\nData were obtained from the second wave of the German Family Panel (pairfam) consisting of 2064 women and 1841 men.\r\nResults show that transfer of emotional support by the adult children was especially associated not only with received emotional support from parents, but also with affection, conflicts, and expectations concerning parents. A moderator analysis\r\nfocuses on gender and showed differences for the association between given support by adults and conflicts between mothers\r\nand fathers. For the offspring, no gender effects were found."}],"date_created":"2022-08-03T03:19:32Z","publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","title":"Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents","issue":"4","year":"2018","department":[{"_id":"427"}],"user_id":"27152","_id":"32542","project":[{"grant_number":"281828538","name":"Interdependenz in der Beziehung zwischen Erwachsenen und ihren Eltern","_id":"372"}],"type":"journal_article","status":"public","volume":25,"author":[{"full_name":"Sommer, Sabrina","last_name":"Sommer","first_name":"Sabrina"},{"first_name":"Heike M.","last_name":"Buhl","id":"27152","full_name":"Buhl, Heike M."}],"date_updated":"2025-07-16T08:44:10Z","oa":"1","doi":"10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y.pdf"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["1068-0667","1573-3440"]},"publication_status":"published","page":"286-296","intvolume":"        25","citation":{"bibtex":"@article{Sommer_Buhl_2018, title={Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents}, volume={25}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y\">10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y</a>}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Adult Development}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Sommer, Sabrina and Buhl, Heike M.}, year={2018}, pages={286–296} }","mla":"Sommer, Sabrina, and Heike M. Buhl. “Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents.” <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>, vol. 25, no. 4, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018, pp. 286–96, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y\">10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y</a>.","short":"S. Sommer, H.M. Buhl, Journal of Adult Development 25 (2018) 286–296.","apa":"Sommer, S., &#38; Buhl, H. M. (2018). Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents. <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>, <i>25</i>(4), 286–296. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y</a>","ama":"Sommer S, Buhl HM. Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents. <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>. 2018;25(4):286-296. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y\">10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y</a>","chicago":"Sommer, Sabrina, and Heike M. Buhl. “Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents.” <i>Journal of Adult Development</i> 25, no. 4 (2018): 286–96. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y</a>.","ieee":"S. Sommer and H. M. Buhl, “Intergenerational Transfers: Associations with Adult Children’s Emotional Support of Their Parents,” <i>Journal of Adult Development</i>, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 286–296, 2018, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y\">10.1007/s10804-018-9296-y</a>."}}]