Table 4 Information of child-nodes in parent-node “Academic performance and language proficiency”.

From: Life satisfaction and acculturation of European students in the Chinese context

Child-nodes

Number of files

Number of references

Examples

Experience pressure in academic learning

15

18

“I think sometimes most of the postgraduate students are in the same situation as I am. I think you understand me. Most postgraduate students prefer to be alone because they value their time.”

Achieve the set goals

24

39

“At the beginning, it was quite difficult. I encountered some difficulties in a few classes. However, since then, I have significantly improved. Online learning has made things a bit more difficult, but I think that I’m still doing fine.”

Improve Chinese

15

18

“In terms of language, I have made a lot of improvements. Not only have I become more proficient in everyday conversational Chinese, but I have also made progress in reading articles.”

Have good marks and a high GPA

24

39

“I always achieved good grades. That’s okay for me. However, I don’t consider it to be my best performance.”