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Understanding body dissatisfaction and preferences among Palestinian-Arab Women in Israel: Westernization and culturally bound factor 了解以色列巴勒斯坦-阿拉伯妇女对身体的不满和偏好：西方化和文化束缚因素

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102094

Laura Mansour, Lily Rothschild-Yakar, Rabaa Sweid, Jenny Kurman

Body dissatisfaction, a risk factor for eating disorders, is documented among women in various cultural settings. We focus on prediction of body dissatisfaction among Muslim- Arab women in Israel. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 examined the effect of exposure to cultural cues on body preferences through priming and its interaction with acculturation attitudes. Muslim-Arab female students (N = 113) were randomized to one of two cultural priming conditions (Western vs. Arab) and filled out an acculturation attitudes scale. As expected, women exposed to Western cultural cues preferred thinner figures compared to women exposed to Arab cultural cues. Under Western acculturation attitudes these effects were stronger. Study 2 focused on two culturally bound factors, maturity fear and selflessness, as predictors of body dissatisfaction in two groups. Cultural values were included to investigate the predicting ability of Western and non-Western values. 163 Muslim and 128 Jewish female university students filled out questionnaires. Body dissatisfaction measures were predicted by cultural group, cultural values, maturity fear and selflessness. Results show that body dissatisfaction was linked only to maturity fear among Muslim women, and to selflessness, self-transcendence and self-enhancement values among Jewish women. Taken together the findings point to some protection among Muslim women against Westernization effects on body dissatisfaction, including a null effect of selflessness, and reveal that maturity fear is a consistent predictor of body dissatisfaction among Muslim-Arab women in Israel. The results are discussed in light of the situation of this group in Israel.

身体不满意是导致饮食失调的一个风险因素，在各种文化背景下的女性中都有这方面的记录。我们重点研究了以色列穆斯林-阿拉伯妇女对身体不满意的预测。我们进行了两项研究。研究 1 通过引物及其与文化适应态度的交互作用，考察了接触文化线索对身体偏好的影响。穆斯林-阿拉伯女学生（113 人）被随机分配到两种文化诱导条件（西方与阿拉伯）中的一种，并填写了文化适应态度量表。不出所料，与受到阿拉伯文化暗示的女性相比，受到西方文化暗示的女性更喜欢较瘦的人物。在西方文化适应态度下，这些影响更为强烈。研究 2 重点研究了成熟恐惧和无私这两个与文化相关的因素，它们是两个群体对身体不满意的预测因素。研究还纳入了文化价值观，以调查西方和非西方价值观的预测能力。163 名穆斯林女大学生和 128 名犹太女大学生填写了调查问卷。文化群体、文化价值观、成熟恐惧和无私精神对身体不满意度进行了预测。结果显示，身体不满意只与穆斯林女性的成熟恐惧有关，而与犹太女性的无私、自我超越和自我提升价值观有关。总之，研究结果表明，穆斯林妇女在身体不满意度方面受到了一些西化效应的保护，包括无私价值观的无效效应，并揭示了成熟恐惧是以色列穆斯林-阿拉伯妇女身体不满意度的一致预测因素。本研究根据以色列穆斯林-阿拉伯妇女群体的情况对研究结果进行了讨论。

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Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview? The case of nine European countries 地理和美学的包容性：新的文化世界观？九个欧洲国家的案例

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102092

Jordi López-Sintas , Tally Katz-Gerro , Jörg Rössel , Simon Manuel Walo

The European social landscape has changed due to Europeanization, globalization, and migration processes, leading to more transnational exchanges, personal relations connecting people from different European countries, and greater cultural and ethnic diversity. Our research explored whether these processes have led to a new inclusionary cultural worldview and the possible social underpinnings. We analyse the inclusionary cultural worldview on two levels: geographical inclusiveness, reflecting an openness to other cultures, and aesthetic inclusiveness, reflecting an openness to go beyond a traditional hierarchical highbrow view of culture. In our research, based on a recent survey conducted in nine European countries, we find evidence for both inclusionary and exclusionary orientations in both geographical and aesthetic worldviews, with the inclusionary and exclusionary orientations correlating with each other and constituting a cultural worldview. We further find that the inclusionary worldview is more pronounced among better educated and older people, among women, and in more socioeconomically developed countries. In contrast, the exclusionary worldview is more common among less educated and older people, men, and in less socioeconomically developed and less economically stable countries.

由于欧洲化、全球化和移民进程，欧洲的社会面貌发生了变化，导致了更多的跨国交流、连接欧洲不同国家人民的个人关系以及更大的文化和种族多样性。我们的研究探讨了这些进程是否导致了新的包容性文化世界观以及可能的社会基础。我们从两个层面对包容性文化世界观进行了分析：地域包容性反映了对其他文化的开放性，审美包容性反映了超越传统的高雅文化等级观念的开放性。我们的研究基于最近在九个欧洲国家开展的一项调查，我们发现在地理世界观和审美世界观中都存在包容和排斥两种取向，包容和排斥取向相互关联，构成了一种文化世界观。我们还发现，包容性世界观在教育程度较高、年龄较大的人群、女性以及社会经济较发达的国家更为明显。相比之下，排斥性世界观在受教育程度较低和年龄较大的人群、男性以及社会经济欠发达和经济欠稳定的国家更为常见。

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Interethnic workplace relations in times of heightened social tension: Israeli-Arab teachers in Jewish schools post-10/7 社会紧张局势加剧时期的种族间工作场所关系：10/7 事件后犹太学校中的以色列-阿拉伯教师

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102093

Gahl Silverman , Shahar Gindi , Michal Hisherik , Nehaya Awida Haj Yehya , Iris Yaniv , Tali Ben Yehuda

This exploratory study examined the interethnic workplace relations of minority Israeli-Arab boundary-crossing- Teachers working in Jewish schools (ATJ) with their majority peers consisting of Israeli-Jewish Principals (JP) and Israeli-Jewish Teachers (JT), during the initial months after October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel. We employed a software-assisted qualitative content analysis on a purposive sample of 12 ATJs, five JPs, and an additional six ATJ-supporting representatives who triangulated the findings based on their daily contact with both ATJs and JPs. The analysis of the findings suggests an interrelation model between JP–ATJ, and JT–ATJ interethnic workplace relations and the ATJs’ perception of their (own) teaching position post-10/7 attack. We conclude that (1) despite the surrounding heightened social tension in the aftermath of 10/7, most (75 %) of the ATJs perceived their JP as attentive, their interethnic workplace relations with peer JTs as healthy, and consequently, most (89 %) of these ATJs perceived belonging and mission in their position; however, (2) few of the ATJs perceived their JPs as disregarded or half-hearted and experienced half-hearted or hostile workplace relations with their JT peers, and consequently had a perception of otherness or persecution on their teaching position; and, (3) the surrounding heightened social tension breached into the interethnic workplace sphere and led to erroneous decision-making of JPs against their ATJs in one case in which Israeli-Palestinian conflicting context was involved. Implications for shared living and national resilience are further discussed.

在 2023 年 10 月 7 日以色列遭受恐怖袭击后的最初几个月里，这项探索性研究考察了在犹太学校工作的以色列-阿拉伯少数民族跨界教师（ATJ）与由以色列-犹太人校长（JP）和以色列-犹太人教师（JT）组成的以色列-犹太人大多数同行之间的种族间工作场所关系。我们采用软件辅助的定性内容分析方法，对 12 名以色列犹太人校长、5 名以色列犹太人教师和另外 6 名支持以色列犹太人校长的代表进行了有目的的抽样调查，这些代表根据他们与以色列犹太人校长和以色列犹太人教师的日常接触对调查结果进行了三角测量。对调查结果的分析表明，JP-ATJ、JT-ATJ 之间的民族工作场所关系与 ATJ 对他们（自己）在 "10-7 "袭击事件后的教学地位的看法之间存在相互关系。我们的结论是：(1) 尽管 "10-7 "事件后社会紧张局势加剧，但大多数（75%）ATJ 认为他们的太平绅士很细心，他们与同级 JT 的民族间工作关系很健康，因此，这些 ATJ 中的大多数（89%）认为他们在自己的岗位上有归属感和使命感；然而，(2) 少数外籍教师认为他们的太平紳士被忽视或半心半意，并经历了与他们的外籍教师同行的半心半意或敌意的工作场所关系，因此有一种他者或迫害的感觉在他们的教学岗位上；以及(3) 周围加剧的社会紧张局势侵入了民族间的工作场所领域，并导致太平紳士对他们的外籍教师做出错误的决策，其中一个案例涉及以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突的背景。本文进一步讨论了对共同生活和国家复原力的影响。

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The odyssey of Turkish school leaders in Africa: An expedition into professional identity, challenges, and cultural adaptations 非洲土耳其学校领导的奥德赛：对职业身份、挑战和文化适应的考察

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102090

Ünal Deniz

This phenomenological study explores the experiences of Turkish school leaders in international schools across 20 African countries, offering a novel perspective on educational leadership beyond the Anglo-Saxon context. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 leaders selected through maximum variation sampling. The analysis revealed four themes: (i) factors that lead to working abroad, (ii) challenges of working abroad, (iii) perceived cultural similarities and differences, and (iv) reflections on international experiences. Findings illuminate a complex interplay of personal, altruistic, and professional factors driving these leaders’ decisions to work abroad. Participants reported navigating significant challenges at individual, professional, and environmental levels, necessitating the development of cultural intelligence, adaptive leadership styles, and crisis management skills. The study highlights a profound transformation in leaders’ professional identities from “outsiders” to “cultural mediators,” underscoring the critical role of culturally responsive leadership in diverse educational contexts. Results reveal how African sociocultural settings shape expatriate leaders’ mindsets, fostering more collaborative approaches and deeper cross-cultural appreciation. This highlights the evolution of leaders’ cultural understanding and effective communication skills, emphasizing the need for targeted support and professional development in cultural sensitivity and adaptive leadership. This research enhances the understanding of leadership complexities in multicultural settings, providing insights for global educational leadership and future research in cross-cultural management.

这项现象学研究探讨了 20 个非洲国家的国际学校中土耳其籍学校领导的经验，提供了一个超越盎格鲁-撒克逊背景的教育领导力新视角。通过最大变异抽样法选出 20 位领导进行了深入访谈。分析揭示了四个主题：(i) 在国外工作的因素，(ii) 在国外工作的挑战，(iii) 感知到的文化异同，以及 (iv) 对国际经验的反思。研究结果表明，个人、利他和专业因素的复杂相互作用推动着这些领导者做出出国工作的决定。参与者报告说，他们在个人、专业和环境层面都遇到了重大挑战，因此需要发展文化智慧、适应性领导风格和危机管理技能。这项研究强调了领导者的职业身份从 "局外人 "到 "文化调解人 "的深刻转变，突出了在多元化教育背景下文化敏感型领导力的关键作用。研究结果揭示了非洲的社会文化背景是如何塑造外籍领导者的思维方式，培养他们更多的合作方法和更深刻的跨文化理解能力的。这凸显了领导者文化理解和有效沟通技能的演变，强调了在文化敏感性和适应性领导力方面提供有针对性的支持和专业发展的必要性。这项研究加深了人们对多元文化背景下领导力复杂性的理解，为全球教育领导力和未来的跨文化管理研究提供了启示。

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The effects of refugees’ emotional tears on felt emotions and helping behaviors 难民情绪化的眼泪对感受到的情绪和帮助行为的影响

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102091

Magdalena Bobowik , Janis H. Zickfeld , Borja Martinović , Maykel Verkuyten

Tearful faces are frequent in mass media portraits of refugees, but the consequences of such depictions for different kinds of intergroup helping remain poorly understood. While existing research suggests that individuals tend to be more willing to support those who display tears, the impact of emotional tears on tangible helping behavior, such as monetary donations, has not been examined. Understanding these dynamics could have significant implications for fundraising strategies employed by civil society organizations. Across three experiments relying on nation-wide panel data (N = 2647) and a quasi-experimental citizen science study (N = 191) conducted in the Netherlands, we tested the effects of refugees’ tearful (vs. non-tearful) expressions on people’s emotional reactions, intentions to offer refugees both dependency- and autonomy-oriented help, as well as actual helping behavior (i.e., money donated to an organization supporting refugees). Data from three online experiments unveiled a positive relationship between exposure to emotional tears and both dependency- and autonomy-oriented intentions to help, as well as donation behavior (in Study 4, two initiatives encompassing both dependency- and autonomy-oriented help), via felt compassion. Across all studies, the visual representations of refugees with tears consistently resulted in more helping intentions and donations indirectly via the perceived sadness of the refugee(s) and the subsequent felt compassion. Our findings illuminate critical questions regarding visual representations of refugees that might motivate solidarity. They also encourage future collaborative research at the convergence of art, social and emotion science, and activism. Our research also provides a platform for initiating fundraising campaigns aimed at generating resources to support initiatives focused on sharing the narratives of displaced individuals and empowering the refugee community.

在大众传媒的难民画像中，泪流满面的面孔屡见不鲜，但人们对这种描述对不同类型的群体间帮助的影响却知之甚少。虽然现有研究表明，个人倾向于更愿意支持那些流泪的人，但情感泪水对有形帮助行为（如金钱捐赠）的影响尚未得到研究。了解这些动态可能会对民间组织采用的筹款策略产生重大影响。在荷兰，我们利用全国范围的面板数据（N = 2647）和一项准实验性公民科学研究（N = 191）进行了三次实验，测试了难民流泪（与不流泪）的表达对人们的情绪反应、向难民提供依赖性和自主性帮助的意愿以及实际帮助行为（即向支持难民的组织捐款）的影响。三项在线实验的数据显示，通过感受到的同情，人们接触到的情感泪水与依赖型和自主型帮助意向以及捐赠行为（在研究4中，包括依赖型和自主型帮助的两项倡议）之间存在正相关关系。在所有研究中，难民流泪的视觉表征始终通过感知到的难民的悲伤情绪和随之产生的同情心，间接导致更多的帮助意愿和捐赠行为。我们的研究结果揭示了有关难民视觉形象的关键问题，这些视觉形象可能会激发人们的团结精神。这些研究还鼓励未来在艺术、社会和情感科学以及行动主义的交汇处开展合作研究。我们的研究还为发起筹款活动提供了一个平台，筹款活动旨在筹集资源，支持以分享流离失所者的叙述和增强难民社区能力为重点的活动。

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Social and institutional inclusion in multi-ethnic schools enable better intergroup relations for majority youth and higher school achievement for minority youth 多民族学校中的社会和制度包容能够改善多数民族青年的群体间关系，提高少数民族青年的学业成绩

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102088

Judit Kende , Eva G.T. Green , Karen Phalet

Inclusive school climates have been related to more friendly and equal intergroup relations among majority and ethnic minority youth. Yet, comprehensive research distinguishing majority and ethnic minority group perspectives on both social and institutional inclusion, and looking beyond individual perceptions of inclusion is missing. Taking a multi-group and multi-level approach, we assessed the actual social climate (aggregating majority intergroup attitudes within schools) and institutional climate (coding school diversity policies); and we tested associations with intergroup relations (i.e., individual intergroup bias and contact) and school performance (i.e., self-reported Dutch language grades) as individual outcomes for both majority and minority youth. To this end, we draw on a large-scale survey of 1814 native-origin majority and 1068 Turkish- and Moroccan-origin minority youth in the same 65 Flemish-Belgian middle schools. As expected for majority youth, a more inclusive ingroup social climate predicts less intergroup bias; and more social and institutional inclusion jointly predict more intergroup contact with minority peers. For minority youth, an inclusive outgroup social climate predicts higher Dutch grades; yet social and institutional inclusion were unrelated to their intergroup attitudes or contact.

学校的全纳氛围与多数群体和少数族裔青年之间更为友好和平等的群体间关系有关。然而，对多数群体和少数族裔群体在社会包容和制度包容两方面的观点进行区分，并超越个人对包容的看法的全面研究还很缺乏。我们采用多群体和多层次的方法，评估了实际的社会氛围（汇总学校内多数群体间的态度）和制度氛围（对学校多样性政策进行编码）；我们还测试了多数群体和少数群体青少年的个人结果与群体间关系（即个人群体间偏见和接触）和学校成绩（即自我报告的荷兰语成绩）之间的关联。为此，我们对同一所佛兰德-比利时 65 所中学中的 1814 名本地裔多数民族青年和 1068 名土耳其裔和摩洛哥裔少数民族青年进行了大规模调查。正如我们所预期的那样，对于多数族裔青少年来说，更具包容性的内群体社会氛围预示着较少的群体间偏见；而更多的社会和制度包容性共同预示着与少数族裔同龄人更多的群体间接触。对于少数族裔青少年来说，具有包容性的外群体社会氛围预示着较高的荷兰语成绩；然而，社会和机构包容性与他们的群体间态度或接触无关。

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Longitudinal examination of perceived cultural distance, psychological and sociocultural adaptation: A study of postgraduate student adaptation in Shanghai 文化距离感知、心理和社会文化适应的纵向研究：上海研究生适应性研究

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102084

Xinghe Yan , Alexander S. English , Lu Zheng , Michael Bender , Yunyan Zhou , Jingyu Ma , Yuhao Ma , Jia Lu , Weiying Li

Since the conclusion of the pandemic, scholars are prompted to reexamine the connection between perceived cultural distance and the cultural adaptation process. However, research in this realm remains limited, especially concerning the intercultural contact by students who move to new cultures for school. Employing a longitudinal design, our study explored how perceived cultural distance predict sociocultural and psychological adaptation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from the outcomes of a cross-lagged model involving 129 Chinese postgraduate students, we observed that perceived cultural distance at Time 2 negatively predicted sociocultural and psychological adaptation at Time 3, indicating greater perceived cultural distance with poorer sociocultural and psychological adaptation at Time 3. Remarkably, our findings supported the perceived cultural distance hypothesis, namely a time-lagged effect between perceived cultural distance and acculturation, a connection that only occurred after COVID restrictions ended. The findings carry significant implications for acculturation during the pandemic period and provide more longitudinal evidence supporting the theory of acculturation.

自大流行病结束以来，学者们开始重新审视感知到的文化距离与文化适应过程之间的联系。然而，这一领域的研究仍然有限，尤其是关于到新文化中求学的学生的跨文化接触的研究。我们的研究采用纵向设计，探讨了感知到的文化距离如何预测 COVID-19 大流行后的社会文化和心理适应。根据一个涉及 129 名中国研究生的交叉滞后模型的结果，我们观察到第 2 时间段的感知文化距离对第 3 时间段的社会文化和心理适应具有负向预测作用，表明感知文化距离越大，第 3 时间段的社会文化和心理适应越差。值得注意的是，我们的研究结果支持了感知文化距离假说，即感知文化距离与文化适应之间存在时滞效应，这种联系只有在 COVID 限制结束后才会出现。这些发现对大流行病期间的文化适应具有重要意义，并为支持文化适应理论提供了更多纵向证据。

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Decomposing the role of ingroup evaluation in the contact-deprovincialization path: The role of collective narcissism versus ingroup satisfaction 分解内群体评价在接触-省籍化路径中的作用：集体自恋与内群体满意度的作用

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102089

Aysenur Didem Yilmaz , Sabahat Cigdem Bagci , Sofia Stathi

Through two correlational studies, we investigated how national group members’ contact with refugees (Turkey, N = 315) and immigrants (UK, N = 384) is associated with a more deprovincialized view of the world through secure versus defensive national group evaluation (i.e., ingroup satisfaction and collective narcissism, respectively). We expected that when both forms of ingroup evaluation are considered, contact-deprovincialization path would be mediated only through lower collective narcissism, but not necessarily through lower ingroup satisfaction. Findings demonstrated that in both contexts, only collective narcissism consistently and strongly mediated the links between intergroup contact (quality) and both cultural and group deprovincialization. Contact was also associated with lower ingroup satisfaction, but less strongly and only in the Turkish context. The importance of distinguishing between secure and defensive forms of ingroup evaluation when studying the deprovincializing role of intergroup contact is highlighted.

通过两项相关研究，我们调查了民族群体成员与难民（土耳其，人数=315）和移民（英国，人数=384）的接触如何通过安全与防御性民族群体评价（即分别为群体满意度和集体自恋）与更多的非省化世界观相关联。我们预计，当考虑到两种形式的内群体评价时，接触--非省籍化路径将只通过较低的集体自恋来中介，而不一定通过较低的内群体满意度来中介。研究结果表明，在这两种情况下，只有集体自恋能够持续、有力地调节群体间接触（质量）与文化和群体非省籍化之间的联系。接触也与较低的内群体满意度有关，但不那么强烈，而且只在土耳其的情况下。在研究群体间接触的非省籍化作用时，区分安全和防御形式的内群体评价的重要性得到了强调。

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Does culture matter? Re-examining cultural distance, conflict, and socio-cultural adaptation in MNCs in southwestern China 文化重要吗？重新审视中国西南地区跨国公司的文化距离、冲突和社会文化适应性

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102077

Yiheng Deng , Xinghe Yan , Mei-Kuang Chen , Muhammad Umar Nadeem , Steve J. Kulich

This study examined aspects related to intercultural distance and conflict dynamics effecting local employees who work with multinational companies (MNCs). The traditional view is that conflict arises out of national cultural differences manifested in nearly all management aspects within such MNCs. However, the mechanism of how cultural differences bring about or reduce conflict has not been clear. Communication expectancy violation (EV), an acknowledged critical link in this mechanism, has been under-studied. Hence, this study focused on EV as a potential link between cultural distance and conflict. In addition, how cultural distance, conflict, and conflict management styles, as well as expectancy violations predict socio-cultural adaptation is investigated. To narrow down intracultural differences, given the vast area that China occupies, a survey was carried out among 216 Chinese employees specifically in MNCs located in two leading southwestern inland cities of Chengdu and Chongqing. The findings reveal that (1) socio-cultural adaptation was predicted by three factors: EV, cultural distance (in terms of the company’s home country), and the confrontational conflict management style, and that (2) conflict was also predicted by EV. However, (3) the connection examined between conflict and socio-cultural adaptation was not supported. The study thus casts new light on a seldom studied multicultural context in inland China and reports new findings downplaying the usual role attributed to cultural distance and instead highlighting the significance of EV. The study also provides evidence for the institutional theory of organization, showing that how conflict is handled within MNC contexts is more important than the conflict itself, predicting a less-considered way toward better adapting to shared corporate culture.

本研究探讨了与跨文化距离有关的问题，以及影响与跨国公司（MNCs）合作的当地雇员的冲突动态。传统观点认为，冲突产生于国家文化差异，这种差异几乎体现在跨国公司的所有管理方面。然而，文化差异如何导致或减少冲突的机制却并不清楚。沟通期望违规（EV）是这一机制中公认的关键环节，但却一直未得到充分研究。因此，本研究将重点放在了作为文化距离与冲突之间潜在联系的 EV 上。此外，本研究还探讨了文化距离、冲突、冲突管理方式以及期望违规如何预测社会文化适应。鉴于中国幅员辽阔，为了缩小文化内差异，我们对位于成都和重庆这两个西南内陆主要城市的跨国公司的 216 名中国员工进行了调查。研究结果表明：(1) 社会文化适应度由三个因素预测：(2) 冲突也是由 EV 预测的。然而，(3) 冲突与社会文化适应之间的联系没有得到证实。因此，本研究为很少被研究的中国内陆多元文化背景提供了新的视角，并报告了新的发现，即淡化了文化距离的通常作用，转而强调了 EV 的重要性。研究还为组织的制度理论提供了证据，表明在跨国公司环境中如何处理冲突比冲突本身更重要，预测了一种较少被考虑的更好地适应共同企业文化的方式。

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Role of attachment style, acculturation orientation, and social support in the acculturation of international students in China 依恋风格、文化适应取向和社会支持在中国留学生文化适应中的作用

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102087

Man Luo , Awan Hasham Ikram , Xiaofang Zhang , Fang Peng , Jing Zhao , Haijun Deng

Herein, we examined the impact of attachment style, acculturation orientation, and social support on psychological distress and sociocultural adaptation difficulties among international students in China. This study was based on an online survey that involved 229 international students [117 (51.05 %) Asians, 105 (45.46 %) Africans, 3 (1.74 %) Europeans, 1 (0.44 %) Oceanian, and 3 (1.74 %) from the Americas]. Our sample’s average [Standard Deviation (SD)] GHQ-12 and Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SCAS) scores were 0.906 (0.477) and 2.240 (0.746), respectively. Furthermore, hierarchical regression analysis revealed that our predictors could account for 25.4 % and 14.3 % of the explained variance in international students’ psychological distress and sociocultural difficulties, respectively. In such instances, Chinese language proficiency correlated negatively with both psychological distress and sociocultural adaptation difficulties. Additionally, there was a positive correlation between attachment avoidance/anxiety and psychological distress, as well as between attachment anxiety and sociocultural adaptation difficulties. Moreover, heritage culture orientation and co-national support correlated negatively with psychological distress. Besides providing valuable insights for policymakers in education, our findings could also aid international students in quickly and effectively adapting to new environments.

在此，我们研究了依恋风格、文化适应取向和社会支持对中国留学生心理困扰和社会文化适应困难的影响。本研究基于一项在线调查，共涉及 229 名留学生[117 人（51.05%）为亚洲人，105 人（45.46%）为非洲人，3 人（1.74%）为欧洲人，1 人（0.44%）为大洋洲人，3 人（1.74%）为美洲人]。样本的 GHQ-12 和社会文化适应量表（SCAS）平均得分[标准差（SD）]分别为 0.906 (0.477) 和 2.240 (0.746)。此外，分层回归分析表明，我们的预测因子分别占留学生心理困扰和社会文化困难解释变异的 25.4% 和 14.3%。其中，汉语水平与心理困扰和社会文化适应困难均呈负相关。此外，依恋回避/焦虑与心理困扰呈正相关，依恋焦虑与社会文化适应困难也呈正相关。此外，遗产文化取向和共同国家支持与心理困扰呈负相关。我们的研究结果除了能为教育政策制定者提供有价值的见解外，还能帮助留学生快速有效地适应新环境。

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