Psychological Adjustment Scale – PAS

I feel I am able to do my schoolwork as well as most other international students.

I feel I am able to do my schoolwork as well as most other American students.

I take a positive attitude toward myself after I came to the U.S.

Overall, I am satisfied with myself and my life after I came to the U.S.

I feel upset often since I came to the U.S.

I feel more discouraged about my future than I used to be since I came to the U.S.

I often feel like I am a failure since I came to the U.S.

I am not as confident as I used to be since I came to the U.S.

I cry more than I used to since I came to the U.S.

I don’t consider myself as worthwhile and useful as I used to since I came to the U.S.

I can’t concentrate as well as usual since I came to the U.S.

I often can’t sleep well after I came to the U.S.

I am more irritable than usual.

Sometimes I feel I am treated differently in an uncomfortable way because I am a foreign student.

I feel homesick quite often.

I miss the people and country of my origin.

I feel uncomfortable to adjust myself to American cultural environment.

I often feel lonely and isolated since I came to the U.S.

I do not have a sense of belonging here.

I feel more anxious than I used to since I came to the U.S.