Multicultural Society and Education Studies 1, 53-76. This study aims to indicate factors influencing the cultural adaptation stress of a foreigner. The study was divided into two groups, using a similar living environment(regional, language, time), but could act as a cause of stress for foreigners who were returning to the purpose of entry. The group is a student of the social integration Program and a study at the Korean Language Education Center in the university. Summary of the results of this study is as follows. Nationality, gender, age, duration of residence, and the purpose of entry, etc. have been found to affect stress. However, this result is difficult to generalize because there is a limit of representative. However, it is confirmed that the demographic characteristics are related to cultural adaptation stress.

cultural adaptation , cultural adaptation stress , demographic characteristics