| Theory | Key dependent variables | Key independent variables | Author | Year |
| Berry’s Acculturation theory | acculturation | social media | A Mitra, Q Evansluong | 2019 |
| acculturation | social media | C Li, S Guo, CL Wang, J Zhang | 2019 | |
| acculturative stress and social connectedness | SNSs | D Fread | 2014 | |
| acculturative stress and psychological well-being | SNSs | N Park, H Song, KM Lee | 2014 | |
| socialization and political engagement | SNSs | H Kizgin, A Jamal, N Rana, Y Dwivedi | 2019 | |
| acculturation | SNSs | J Hofhuis, K Hanke, T Rutten | 2019 | |
| social support and acculturative stress | SNSs | L Li, W Peng | 2019 | |
| social networks | SNSs | E Forbush, B Foucault-Welles | 2016 | |
| cross-cultural adaption | SNSs | RB Gillie | 2016 | |
| acculturation | social support | TK Ng, KWC Wang, W Chan | 2017 | |
| acculturation | SNSs | Q Yu, P Foroudi, S Gupta | 2019 | |
| acculturation | social media | S Choudhary, R Nayak, S Kumari | 2019 | |
| acculturation | social media | W Wang, I Abosag | 2019 |