Chapter title: Mental health and socio-cultural adaptation among foreign students in Russia

Author: Vsevolod Konstantinov, Ph.D.

Affiliation: Penza State University, Russia

Author: Roman Osin, Ph.D. student

Affiliation: Penza State University, Russia

Author Biographies:

Dr. Vsevolod Konstantinov is a professor and head of the General Psychology Department at Penza State University. He is an author of over 100 scientific publications and a member of the Russian Federal Educational & Methodological Association in the Field of Higher Education in Psychological Sciences. Dr. Konstantinov is also a member of the dissertation council at the Saratov State University. He is also a member of the editorial board EC Neurology and of the review boards of the Behavioral Sciences Journal and European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education.

Roman Osin is a Ph.D. candidate in psychology and an associate professor in the General Psychology Department at Penza State University. In 2015, he defended his dissertation on “Peculiarities of attitudes towards the image of a labour migrant in the context of media influence among representatives of various socio-demographic groups” at Kursk State University. He is an author of over 30 scientific publications.