Survey Data on Taiwanese University Students in Mainland China, 425 Respondents

425 Taiwanese university students in Fujian Province participated in a cross-sectional survey on identity gaps and psychological adaptation. The data was collected by Jiaying Lan and last updated on 2026-05-19. It is a 9.5 KB Excel file licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between identity gaps and psychological outcomes based on the described constructs.
• Analyzing the specific impact of Personal Communal Identity Gap (PCIG) on adaptation in an educational mobility context.
• Testing the applicability of Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) in an Eastern cultural setting using survey data.
• Informing policy and support strategies for international student adaptation based on empirical findings.

Strengths

• Data is from a specific, well-defined population of 425 Taiwanese university students in Fujian Province.
• The study design and analytical methods (PLS-SEM, PLS-IPMA) are explicitly described in the metadata.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain statistical methods.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single cross-sectional survey in Fujian Province.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Jiaying Lan.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:23:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Fujian Province, mainland China.