The Psychophysiological Effects of Chronic Stress caused by Cross-Cultural Transactions in Foreign Students in Russia

Analysis code and results for resting heart rate data from longitudinal study of foreign students in Russia.

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Participants documented their daily activities through an online diary system hosted on GoogleDrive, recording their actions in 30-minute intervals across predefined categories such as sleeping, exercising, studying, and social interactions, with the option to add comments. The diary interface was available in English.

-Muzychenko, Y. (2025). Cross-cultural Adjustment of International Students in Russia: daily journals [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18005146

Data collection also included three waves of surveys (paper and online) measuring demographics, health status, cross-cultural adjustment, motivation, life stress, personality traits, educational satisfaction, and sense of coherence. These surveys were offered in both English and Russian.

-Muzychenko, Y. (2025). Cross-cultural Adjustment of international students in Russia [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17714916

To complement these self-report measures, continuous heart rate monitoring was conducted using Sony SmartBand 2 devices. Weekly data exports were securely stored in a cloud database alongside all diary entries and survey responses.

-Muzychenko, Y. (2025). Cross-cultural Adjustment of international students in Russia: Waking Resting Heart Rate [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18005154