An international women residing abroad is a difficult undertaking, wherein stress, wellbeing and acculturation are almost always an essential part of their experience. Particularly, the women of any Indian individuals have very challenging believes and values when come in contact with people of different countries. Besides adjusting to a new physical environment, individuals must also need to make psychological adjustments. In the present study, we seasoned theoretically and empirically, the connection between acculturation and psychological well-being (PWB) of an Indian women residing in Taiwan using the moderating effect of an acculturative stress (AS). Survey data from 163 valid Indian women sample were subjected to path analyses. The quantitative study was commenced by designing the questionnaire in order to cover certain aspects like safety, loneliness, stress, racial discrimination, psychological adjustments, well-being etc. And, the analysis for the obtained data was done by using SPSS, and SPSS AMOS statistics software. The obtained results revealed that, hypotheses 1 and 2 were fully supported to this study. In detail, CA and PWB were positive and significantly correlated towards each other. On the other hand, CA and AS had a significantly negative correlation towards each other However, Acculturative Stress doesn’t have any significant negative moderating effect on the relationship between acculturation and Psychological well-being. Thus, hypothesis 3 was not supported to the study. The study findings could be used as references for Taiwan government agencies to address and find better resolutions to the Indian women residing in Taiwan. On the other hand, for Indian women, it provides a better awareness and confidence to adopt any kind of circumstances. The Implications for the proposed theory, designed research, and the experienced practices are also discussed.

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