| Theory | Conceptual Framework | Theoretical Premise | Factors affecting adjustment | Intervention guidelines |
| Stress and Coping (Affect) | Cross-cultural travellers need to develop special coping strategies to deal with the stress of migration | All life changes are constant but inherently stressful | Adjustment factors involving personal (demographic, personality, values) and situational (e.g. social support) | Training people to develop robust stress-coping and management skills |
| Culture Learning (Behaviour) | Cross-cultural travellers need to learn culturally relevant social skills to communicate in their new settings | Social interaction is a skilled performance which has to be learnt and practiced | Culture specific variables. knowledge about a new culture, language/communication competence, social intelligence cultural distance. | Preparation, orientation and culture learning, especially behavioural-based social skill training as well as social and emotional intelligence |
| Social Identification (Social Cognition) | Cross-cultural transition have to adjust to changes in cultural identity and inter-group relations | Sense of personal and group identity is a fundamental issue for all travellers | Cognitive variables knowledgeable of the host culture (History, Religion, Etiquette) beliefs/attitudes between hosts and sojourners, cultural similarity, cultural identity | Enhancing self-esteem, overcoming barriers to inter-group harmony, emphasising inter-group similarities and identity |