Table 3.

The effects of staying in the host (N = 236) vs. home (N = 121) country and staying vs. not staying in quarantine/self-isolation on international students' well-being and academic experience^a.

Variable					Staying in quarantine/self-isolation
		Staying in host countryb			Students in host countryc			Students in home countryd
		M	SD	F(1, 349)	M	SD	F(1, 228)	M	SD	F(1, 113)
Social loneliness	Yes	2.57	0.85	2.21	2.66	0.84	3.13#	2.52	0.88	2.47
	No	2.42	0.87		2.43	0.87		2.28	0.83
Emotional loneliness	Yes	3.06	0.88	1.85	3.16	0.83	3.16#	3.04	0.91	3.37#
	No	2.94	0.91		2.90	0.94		2.78	0.89
Life satisfaction	Yes	4.50	1.13	0.00	4.41	1.14	1.77	4.47	1.27	0.10
	No	4.49	1.30		4.64	1.11		4.51	1.37
Academic satisfaction	Yes	4.45	1.22	0.44	4.46	1.22	0.00	4.46	1.17	0.21
	No	4.49	1.21		4.44	1.22		4.53	1.28
Discrimination stress	Yes	2.06	0.78	2.39	2.19	0.79	9.14##	2.05	0.74	4.49##
	No	1.94	0.73		1.86	0.74		1.78	0.68
Communication stress	Yes	2.99	1.13	0.36	3.09	1.09	1.74	2.88	1.08	2.38
	No	3.01	1.07		2.83	1.18		3.21	1.04
Interactions with students	Yes	3.88	1.43	5.57*	3.88	1.43	0.04	4.33	1.37	0.26
	No	4.26	1.49		3.87	1.42		4.17	1.67
Interactions with teachers	Yes	4.49	1.39	0.30	4.49	1.45	0.04	4.50	1.53	0.00
	No	4.50	1.52		4.49	1.31		4.50	1.52
Student's technical capacity	Yes	5.79	1.20	1.09	5.77	1.31	0.00	5.61	1.14	0.09
	No	5.64	1.10		5.83	1.02		5.68	1.06
Organization of learning	Yes	4.46	1.35	1.81	4.48	1.35	0.14	4.56	1.33	0.34
	No	4.61	1.34		4.42	1.35		4.69	1.36
Academic adjustment	Yes	4.95	1.20	4.01*	4.94	1.18	0.02	5.09	1.09	0.96
	No	5.17	1.00		4.96	1.23		5.28	0.85
Academic performance	Yes	3.09	1.66	0.17	3.14	1.68	0.22	3.10	1.67	0.48
	No	3.19	1.68		3.02	1.63		3.33	1.70
Student loyalty	Yes	4.45	1.87	0.48	4.44	1.94	0.05	4.15	1.70	0.54
	No	4.24	1.91		4.46	1.77		4.37	2.21

^aCovariates: age and personality traits.

^*p< 0.05 for two-tailed tests.

^#p < 0.05,

^##p < 0.01 for one-tailed tests.

^bComparisons between students staying in the host (Yes) and home (No) country during the pandemic.

^cComparisons between students staying (Yes) and not staying (No) in quarantine/self-isolation in the host country during the pandemic.

^dComparisons between students staying (Yes) and not staying (No) in quarantine/self-isolation in the home country during the pandemic.