The Rush of Anxiety of Culture Shock

Cultural shock happens when one first felt lost, uneasy, depressed, isolated when entering and contacting a new culture (Stone, 2010, p. 614). We face cultural shocks on vacation and business trips. Everyone reacts differently to cultural shock; some people's reactions may be positive and negative, depending on how individuals respond to change. The Finnish anthropologist Kalvero Oberg defines the cultural shock as "a sudden emergence of anxiety caused by the loss of all signs and symbols of social methods that we know familiarly."

Cultural shock is therefore considered a form of anxiety due to the loss of signs and symbols of commonly recognized and understood social methods. Culturally shocked individuals reflect anxiety and tension over cultural differences through all defense mechanisms, such as oppression, retreat, isolation, and rejection. These defensive attitudes represent a fundamental underlying anxiety of behavior, which may include questions of loneliness, anger, frustration, and ability. As clues to familiar props, clues, and cultural understanding are gone, individuals get lost, fear of understanding and understanding and alienate.

Cultural shock happens when one first felt lost, uneasy, depressed, isolated when entering and contacting a new culture (Stone, 2010, p. 614). We face cultural shocks on vacation and business trips. Everyone reacts differently to cultural shock; some people's reactions may be positive and negative, depending on how individuals respond to change. - Evaluation of the Baker anxiety scale The Baker anxiety scale is a measure of 21 items used to measure the severity of self-reported anxiety in adults and adolescents. The list was created by Aaron T. Beck and his colleague Robert A. Steer at the Psychiatric University Medical School Medical Psychiatric Cognitive Therapy Center. The latest edition was published by The Psychological Corporation, Harcourt Brace & Company of San Antonio, Texas in 1993.