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来源

URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH,Vol.40,Issue1,P.67-81

语言

英文

关键字

International students,loneliness,private rental sector,Australia

作者单位

a Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

摘要

We draw on 45 in-depth interviews and a large-scale survey we conducted, to examine loneliness among international students in Sydney and Melbourne within their accommodation. We discuss three features which increase the possibility of loneliness – the physical layout and use of the space; the social composition of fellow tenants, and power differentials between tenants. The interviews indicated that the lack of a congenial common area, having to share with students dissimilar with respect to nationality and language, and being in a situation where a tenant holds disproportionate power, are likely to hinder the development of social connections with fellow tenants.摘要我们通过45次深度访谈和一项大规模调查, 调查了悉尼和墨尔本留学生在住宿区内的孤独感 我们讨论了增加孤独可能性的三个特征——空间的物理布局和使用; 其他租户的社会构成, 以及租户之间的权力差异. 访谈表明, 缺乏一个志趣相投的共同领域, 不得不与国籍和语言不同的学生分享, 并且处于租户拥有不成比例权力的情况下, 可能会阻碍与其他租户发展社会关系.KEYWORDS: International studentslonelinessprivate rental sectorAustraliaDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Australian Research Council [DP190101073].