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2026

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69
Citations
33823
World Ranking
2322
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Colleen Ward is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a particular emphasis on sociology and political science, social psychology, communication, education, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, including racial and ethnic identity research, cultural differences and values, challenges faced by international students and expatriates, social and intergroup psychology, early childhood education and development, global education and multiculturalism, and migration, health, and trauma.

Colleen Ward has contributed multiple publications to several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • advances in/psychology
  • Frontiers in Education
  • Nature Reviews Psychology

Recent papers by Colleen Ward include:

  • Acculturation, cultural identity and well-being, 2023, Nature Reviews Psychology
  • Acculturative stress and cultural identity styles as predictors of psychosocial functioning in Hispanic Americans, 2020, International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Other relevant recent publications, to which Ward contributed as co-author, include:

  • Cross-Cultural Transition and Psychological Adaptation of International Students: The Mediating Role of Host National Connectedness, 2020, Frontiers in Education
  • The Convergence Between Cultural Psychology and Developmental Science: Acculturation as an Exemplar, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Does normative multiculturalism foster or threaten social cohesion?, 2020, International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as Ágnes Szabó, Seth J. Schwartz, Alan Meca, Jaimee Stuart, and Cory L. Cobb. These partnerships have contributed to the development of research on cultural adaptation and acculturation processes.

Best Publications

  • Differences Between Tight and Loose Cultures: A 33-Nation Study

    Michele J . Gelfand;Jana L. Raver;Lisa Nishii;Lisa Art. Leslie

  • Psychology Culture Shock

    Colleen A. Ward;Stephen Bochner;Adrian Furnham

  • The prediction of psychological and sociocultural adjustment during cross-cultural transitions☆

    Wendy Searle;Colleen Ward

  • The measurement of sociocultural adaptation

    Colleen Ward;Antony Kennedy

  • Acculturation strategies, psychological adjustment, and sociocultural competence during cross-cultural transitions

    Colleen Ward;Antony Kennedy

  • Acculturation and Adaptation Revisited

    Colleen Ward;Arzu Rana-Deuba

  • Where's the "Culture" in Cross-Cultural Transition? Comparative Studies of Sojourner Adjustment

    Colleen Ward;Antony Kennedy

  • Psychological and Socio‐cultural Adjustment during Cross‐cultural Transitions: A Comparison of Secondary Students Overseas and at Home

    Colleen Ward;Antony Kennedy

  • The impact of value discrepancies and cultural identity on psychological and sociocultural adjustment of sojourners.

    Colleen Ward;Wendy Searle

  • The U-Curve on trial: a longitudinal study of psychological and sociocultural adjustment during Cross-Cultural transition

    Colleen Ward;Yutaka Okura;Antony Kennedy;Takahiro Kojima

  • Culture-Level Dimensions of Social Axioms and Their Correlates across 41 Cultures

    Michael Harris Bond;Kwok Leung;Al Au;Kwok-Kit Tong

  • Locus of control, mood disturbance, and social difficulty during cross-cultural transitions

    Colleen Ward;Antony Kennedy

  • The A, B, Cs of Acculturation.

    Colleen Ward

  • The psychology of culture shock, 2nd ed.

    Colleen Ward;Stephen Bochner;Adrian Furnham

  • Advancing acculturation theory and research: the acculturation process in its ecological context

    Colleen Ward;Nicolas Geeraert

  • Thinking outside the Berry boxes: New perspectives on identity, acculturation and intercultural relations ☆

    Colleen Ward

  • Personality and Sojourner Adjustment An Exploration of the Big Five and the Cultural Fit Proposition

    Colleen Ward;Chan-Hoong Leong;Meilin Low

  • “Cultural fit”: A new perspective on personality and sojourner adjustment☆

    Colleen Ward;Weining C Chang

  • Attitudes toward Rape: Feminist and Social Psychological Perspectives

    Colleen A. Ward

  • Patterns of relations between immigrants and host societies

    Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven;Colleen Ward;Anne-Marie Masgoret

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Furnham
Adrian Furnham BI Norwegian Business School
Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Paul E. Jose
Paul E. Jose Victoria University of Wellington
Garth J. O. Fletcher
Garth J. O. Fletcher Victoria University of Wellington
Michele J. Gelfand
Michele J. Gelfand Stanford University
Félix Neto
Félix Neto University of Porto
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California

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