Abstract:

by OZ Intercultural communication anxiety is a concept that expresses fears in interaction with different cultures or groups. During the first interactions of people with different cultures and habits, lack of knowledge about each other leads to an increase in uncertainty, which triggers the feelings of anxiety or anxiety of people in interaction. When those persons experience a high concern about communication, they may tend to avoid or withdraw from communication with others. These uncertainty and anxiety in human relations are threatening effective communication in the intercultural context. This situation, in particular, indicates that there may be a connection between intercultural communication concern and loneliness between foreign citizens. This research aims to emphasize the relationship between inter-cultural communication anxiety and loneliness. In the study using the field research method, the data was collected from 200 foreign students by face-to-face survey technique. Research findings indicate that more than half of participants are concerned about intercultural communication. The levels of inter-cultural communication of both men and women carry close values to each other. The level of inter-cultural communication of hot ministers on the issue of living in a different country outside of Turkey is higher than those who have a negative attitude in this regard. Intercultural communication anxiety level is a meaningful determiner in the positive direction of the loneliness point. As the level of inter-cultural communication of foreign university students increases, the level of loneliness also increases.

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