{"id":3490,"date":"2020-08-03T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paginas.fe.up.pt\/~ipoint\/en\/?page_id=3490"},"modified":"2021-01-28T10:18:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T10:18:12","slug":"cultural_shock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/ipoint\/en\/wellness\/individual\/cultural_shock\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" image_height=\"85\" image_id=\"4828\" title=\"icon_choque-cultural\" src=\"https:\/\/paginas.fe.up.pt\/~ipoint\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/icon_choque-cultural.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4828\"\/><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">Cultural Shock<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>When you find it difficult to adapt to a new culture, that is a culture different from yours, you may be facing a culture shock.<\/p>\n<p>Although it can represent a moment of tension, where reactions of intolerance or discrimination can occur, it can also lead to assimilation, coexistence and healthy integration.<\/p>\n<p>As a welcoming institution for international students, we need to keep in mind that everyone is going through a process of cultural adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Also national students who arrive at a higher education institution for the first time, new researchers who arrive in a different environment, technicians who start to work in a new work culture&#8230; may face a culture shock.<\/p>\n<p>We therefore want to avoid and help resolve intolerant reactions and, above all, promote the healthy integration of all.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating, assimilating or acculturing does not mean abandoning or losing the previous cultural identity, but promoting the construction of cultural and personal responses that fit the new environment.<\/p>\n<p>Culture shock can be summed up in four sequential and cyclical stages:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Honeymoon phase<\/span> &#8211; period when the differences between the original and the new culture are seen in a romantic, new, euphoric and even idealized way. The differences are exciting and interesting. It is common for you to be enthusiastic about the journey, the novelty, the unknown. We are with you!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crisis phase<\/span> &#8211; a period that can start as a major crisis or can arise as a series of problems that accumulate. The growing feeling of discouragement, impatience and frustration is common. You can feel that people who are part of the new reality are indifferent to your difficulties and you dislike these people and that environment. Stereotypes are created or reinforced. If you persist in this process, you will not be able to understand holistically the environment in which you are inserted and you may want to return to your homeland. Try to surround yourself with people who can help you to demystify that feeling. Look for our help!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Adjustment phase<\/span> &#8211; phase of recovery and adaptation in which you recognize your difficulty in understanding, accepting and adapting to the new culture. You develop the ability to solve problems to deal with culture and you start to accept it with a positive attitude. Adjustment is slow and requires several cycles of crisis and adaptation. Give yourself time and allow yourself to experiment! We are here to support you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Acculturation phase<\/span> &#8211; this phase is reached when you are able to develop stability in solving problems and learn to manage the new culture successfully. It may take some time. As the process of acculturation progresses, it is common for substantial changes to happen to you. Acculturation does not mean abandoning or losing your original cultural identity, but developing the personal and constructive capacity to have cultural and personal responses that fit the new environment. We will continue with you!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:936px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-column-inner-bg-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" image_height=\"400\" image_id=\"4109\" title=\"apoio-psicologico_400x400px\" src=\"https:\/\/paginas.fe.up.pt\/~ipoint\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/apoio-psicologico_400x400px.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4109\"\/><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:10px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT<\/h3><\/div><\/div><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paginas.fe.up.pt\/~ipoint\/en\/wellness\/individual\/psychological_social_support\/\"><span class=\"fusion-column-inner-bg-image\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 7.68%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}.fusion-flex-container .fusion-row .fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-inner-bg { margin-right:7.68%;margin-left:7.68%; 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