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Reframing intercultural supervision: Understanding mainland Chinese doctoral students’ adaptation experiences in Hong Kong 重构跨文化监督：了解中国大陆博士生在香港的适应经验

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102368

Yaqiao Liu , Zihan Wang , Kun Dai

Despite a noticeable increase of Mainland Chinese students choosing Hong Kong as their destination for doctoral study, few studies have explored their experiences with intercultural supervision in Hong Kong’s hybridized higher education context. This exploratory qualitative study, drawing on Gill’s (2007) intercultural adaptation framework and Dai’s (2022) conceptualization of in-betweenness, investigated the intercultural supervision experiences of 18 Mainland Chinese doctoral students at a Hong Kong university. The findings indicate that Mainland Chinese doctoral students exhibit distinct adaptation trajectories in intercultural supervision, influenced by their prior academic experiences. The analysis identifies three distinct adaptation trajectories: (1) a stress-adaptation-development trajectory characterizing successful integration into Hong Kong’s academic field; (2) an adaptation-development trajectory highlighting proactive adjustment without stress; and (3) a stress–in-betweenness (non-linear) trajectory where students struggle to fully integrate into the new academic environment, caught between their previous academic background and the host setting. This research extends Gill’s framework by proposing a revised model of intercultural adaptation that sheds light on non-linear development and in-betweenness as a transitional state among international doctoral students.

尽管越来越多的中国大陆学生选择在香港攻读博士学位，但很少有研究探讨他们在香港多元高等教育背景下的跨文化监督经历。本探索性质的研究借鉴Gill（2007）的跨文化适应框架和Dai（2022）的中间性概念，调查了18名中国大陆博士生在香港一所大学的跨文化监督经历。研究结果表明，受前期学术经历的影响，中国大陆博士生在跨文化监督中表现出明显的适应轨迹。分析发现了三条不同的适应轨迹：(1)成功融入香港学术领域的压力-适应-发展轨迹；(2)以主动调整为主的适应发展轨迹；(3)中间压力（非线性）轨迹，即学生很难完全融入新的学术环境，夹在他们以前的学术背景和东道主环境之间。这项研究扩展了吉尔的框架，提出了一个修订的跨文化适应模型，该模型揭示了作为国际博士生过渡状态的非线性发展和中间状态。

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Internationalisation-at-Home and intercultural communication: Malaysian local students’ experiences in internationalised higher education 国际化-在家与跨文化交流：马来西亚本地学生在国际化高等教育中的经验

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102352

Wei Hua, Siak Bie Soh

In higher education internationalisation, meaningful interactions between local and international students are crucial for fostering reciprocal intercultural learning. However, local students’ perspectives on Internationalisation-at-Home (IaH) remain underexplored, particularly in non-Anglophone settings. This ethnographic study examines how Malaysian local students develop intercultural communication competence (ICC) through sustained engagement with international peers. Conducted over five months, ten university students (five local and five international) were paired for naturalistic interaction, with data collected via three interview rounds and participant observation. Findings reveal that rapport-building is initiated through anticipatory socialisation, self-improvement goals, and curiosity, paving the way for stereotype transformation, friendship narrowing or deepening, and ICC development. Accumulated cultural knowledge and proactive adaptation further facilitated deeper engagement over time. This study highlights the dynamic, co-constructed nature of intercultural learning and offers both theoretical and practical insights, providing a framework for higher education institutions to strengthen IaH through structured, sustained, and inclusive initiatives.

在高等教育国际化的过程中，本地和国际学生之间有意义的互动对于促进互惠的跨文化学习至关重要。然而，本地学生对家庭国际化（IaH）的看法仍未得到充分探讨，特别是在非英语国家。这项民族志研究考察了马来西亚本地学生如何通过与国际同龄人的持续接触来发展跨文化交际能力（ICC）。在为期五个月的研究中，10名大学生（5名本地学生和5名国际学生）被配对进行自然互动，数据通过三轮面试和参与者观察收集。研究结果表明，融洽关系的建立是通过预期的社会化、自我完善目标和好奇心发起的，为刻板印象的转变、友谊的缩小或深化以及ICC的发展铺平了道路。随着时间的推移，积累的文化知识和主动适应进一步促进了更深层次的接触。本研究强调了跨文化学习的动态、共同构建的本质，并提供了理论和实践的见解，为高等教育机构通过结构化、持续和包容性的举措加强跨文化学习提供了一个框架。

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Understanding self-awareness of middle-aged Korean immigrant women in Australia using Q-methodology 用q -方法论了解在澳韩裔中年女性的自我意识

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102363

Jiyoung Han, Eunyoung Choi, Soonhwa Yoo

This study employed Q-methodology to identify and explore different types of self-awareness among middle-aged Korean immigrant women in Australia. Following the Q-methodology, a broad concourse of statements was initially collected through an extensive literature review and interviews with nine Korean immigrant women in Australia, resulting in 100 statements. Based on the theoretical and empirical concourse constructed for this study, the final Q-set of 47 statements was developed through an iterative process of sampling and refinement to ensure comprehensive representation of the participants’ subjective viewpoints. Q-sorting was conducted with thirty-four middle-aged Korean immigrant women who were selected as the P-sample. The factor analysis identified four types of self-awareness. Type 1, the “Self-Reflective” type tended to redefine the purpose and direction of their lives with a focus on themselves. Type 2, the “Striving-to-Adapt” type sought to find meaning in life and adjust to the immigrant environment despite low life satisfaction. Type 3, the “Socially Aware” type demonstrated high sensitivity to social contexts and maintained harmonious relationships. Type 4, the “Outsider” type experienced emotional and cultural disconnection, expressing a desire to return to Korea in later life. These findings contribute to a nuanced understanding of Korean immigrant women's self-awareness and provide foundational insights for designing culturally tailored counseling programs. By acknowledging the psychological and cultural needs specific to women with different types of self-awareness, this study supports the development of interventions that foster well-being and social integration in multicultural contexts.

本研究采用q -方法学来识别和探讨在澳韩裔中年女性不同类型的自我意识。根据q -方法论，通过广泛的文献回顾和对澳大利亚九名韩国移民妇女的采访，最初收集了广泛的陈述，得出了100个陈述。基于为本研究构建的理论和实证集合，通过抽样和细化的迭代过程开发了最终的47个陈述的q集，以确保全面代表参与者的主观观点。选取34名中年韩国移民女性作为p样本进行q排序。因子分析确定了四种类型的自我意识。类型1，“自我反思”型倾向于重新定义他们生活的目的和方向，关注自己。类型2，“努力适应”型，尽管生活满意度较低，但仍寻求找到生活的意义并适应移民环境。类型3为“社会意识型”，对社会情境高度敏感，人际关系保持和谐。第4型是“外来者”，经历了情感和文化上的脱节，表达了晚年回到韩国的愿望。这些发现有助于细致入微地了解韩国移民女性的自我意识，并为设计适合文化的咨询项目提供基础见解。通过认识到具有不同类型自我意识的女性所特有的心理和文化需求，本研究支持了在多元文化背景下促进福祉和社会融合的干预措施的发展。

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Exploring empathy and multicultural acceptance: How Korean adolescents' multicultural experiences shape their intentions for inclusive behavior 探讨共情和多元文化接受：韩国青少年的多元文化经历如何塑造他们的包容性行为意向

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102358

Youn Kyung Woo , JeeEun Karin Nam , Changmin Keum

This study explores the sequential mediating effects of empathy and multicultural acceptance on the relationship between Korean adolescents' multicultural experiences and behavioral intentions. Data were collected from 693 elementary, middle, and high school students across South Korea and analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and the PROCESS macro v.3.5. Results showed positive correlations among multicultural experience, empathy, multicultural acceptance, and behavioral intentions. Both empathy and multicultural acceptance demonstrated significant indirect mediating effects, with a notable sequential mediation effect. Based on these results, we recommend educational programs such as multicultural awareness and global citizenship education, along with cooperative and experiential learning initiatives, to enhance empathy and multicultural acceptance. These strategies are essential for supporting Korea's transition to a multicultural society.

本研究探讨共情和多元文化接受对韩国青少年多元文化体验与行为意向关系的序贯中介作用。数据收集了693名小学，初中和高中的学生在韩国和分析使用SPSS 26.0和PROCESS宏v.3.5。结果显示多元文化体验、共情、多元文化接受与行为意向呈正相关。共情和多元文化接受均表现出显著的间接中介效应，且具有显著的序贯中介效应。基于这些结果，我们建议开展教育项目，如多元文化意识和全球公民教育，以及合作和体验式学习活动，以增强同理心和多元文化接受度。这些战略对于支持韩国向多元文化社会转型至关重要。

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"Computer games can change it for us": Serious games and openness to conflict resolution “电脑游戏可以改变我们”：严肃的游戏和对冲突解决的开放态度

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102365

Iolie Nicolaidou , Ronit Kampf

Transforming intractable conflicts into peaceful intergroup relations is often driven by young people. However, studies indicated that young Israelis and Palestinians lack openness to overcoming conflicts. Does playing a social impact game about a different conflictual context positively influence Israeli and Palestinian undergraduate students’ openness to overcoming conflicts i.e., cross-conflict analogical learning? We examined whether playing Fact Finders (Cyprus conflict) impacts openness to overcoming conflicts among 172 participants (61 Israeli, 69 Palestinian, and 42 American undergraduate students) using a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. We also examined participants’ openness to overcoming conflicts, focusing on nationality and political orientation differences. Results suggested that all participants developed a significantly higher openness to overcoming conflicts after playing the Fact Finders game, regardless of their nationality and their political orientation. The effect of the game was the same on those who are directly involved in a different, but similar conflict (Israelis and Palestinians) and those who are not (Americans). This research adds to our understanding of the cross-conflict analogical learning outcomes of social impact games, suggesting that such games are universal and they have a positive effect on openness to conflict resolution which extends well beyond a specific conflictual context.

将棘手的冲突转化为和平的群体间关系往往是由年轻人推动的。然而，研究表明，以色列和巴勒斯坦的年轻人缺乏克服冲突的开放态度。玩关于不同冲突情境的社会影响游戏是否会积极影响以色列和巴勒斯坦本科生克服冲突的开放性，即跨冲突类比学习？我们使用测试前、测试后准实验设计，研究了172名参与者（61名以色列人、69名巴勒斯坦人和42名美国本科生）玩“事实发现者”（塞浦路斯冲突）是否会影响克服冲突的开放性。我们还考察了参与者对克服冲突的开放程度，重点关注国籍和政治取向的差异。结果表明，所有参与者在玩了“事实发现者”游戏后，无论他们的国籍和政治倾向如何，都对克服冲突表现出了明显更高的开放态度。对于那些直接卷入不同但相似冲突的人（以色列人和巴勒斯坦人）和那些没有卷入冲突的人（美国人）来说，游戏的影响是一样的。这项研究增加了我们对社会影响游戏的交叉冲突类比学习结果的理解，表明这类游戏是普遍的，它们对冲突解决的开放性有积极影响，这种影响远远超出了特定的冲突环境。

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Unveiling the veil: Addressing SGBV in camps based on Addonia’s Silence is My Mother Tongue 揭开面纱：从阿多尼亚的《沉默是我的母语》看难民营中的性暴力问题

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102354

Amar Bahadur Sherma

While war has caused massive damage to the emotional, social, physical and economic lives of different citizens, refugee scholarship has come up with different theories and discourses. Scholars have raised concerns about a dearth of food, clothes, water, safety, settlement, medicine, and proper documentation. Refugee and border issues have been brought to the attention of different governments, policymakers and authorities. However, research on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against refugee women in refugee camps is inadequate. The main objective of this qualitative study was to explore factors that perpetuate violence against women and examine social and political efforts to restrict violence against women during their lives inside and outside refugee camps. A qualitative analysis was done with the help of Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence is My Mother Tongue as a primary text, refugee and migration theories, UN policy documents, scholarly articles and web sources. The analysis revealed that women and girls are victimized at the expense of other explicit needs for food, housing, clothing and many more, and they are also abused by their fellow men refugees throughout their refugee lives. Refugee women are compelled to undergo the most harrowing experience of their lives. Therefore, the findings suggest that the EU must lift borders selflessly during emergencies offering unconditional hospitality, UNHCR must implement simple policies, and host countries must enforce strict security guidelines to curb violence to create a safer environment. This study contributes to the ongoing discussion about policy gaps, humanitarian practices and the feasibility of theoretical orientations to protect women refugees.

虽然战争对不同公民的情感、社会、身体和经济生活造成了巨大的破坏，但难民研究提出了不同的理论和论述。学者们对食物、衣服、水、安全、定居点、药品和适当文件的缺乏表示担忧。难民和边境问题已引起各国政府、政策制定者和当局的注意。然而，关于难民营中针对难民妇女的性暴力和基于性别的暴力（SGBV）的研究不足。这项定性研究的主要目的是探讨使对妇女的暴力行为长期存在的因素，并审查为限制难民营内外生活中对妇女的暴力行为所作的社会和政治努力。本文以苏莱曼·阿多尼亚的《沉默是我的母语》为主要文本、难民和移民理论、联合国政策文件、学术文章和网络资源进行定性分析。分析显示，妇女和女孩受害的代价是牺牲对食物、住房、衣服等其他明确需要，她们在整个难民生活中也受到同为难民的男子的虐待。难民妇女被迫经历她们一生中最痛苦的经历。因此，调查结果表明，欧盟必须在紧急情况下无私地解除边界，提供无条件的接待，联合国难民署必须实施简单的政策，东道国必须执行严格的安全指导方针，以遏制暴力，创造更安全的环境。这项研究有助于正在进行的关于政策差距、人道主义做法和保护妇女难民的理论方向可行性的讨论。

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Redrawing the lines of ‘us’ and ‘them’: How engagement with local diversity through associational life can foster multi-dimensional identity in a post-conflict context 重新划定“我们”和“他们”的界限：如何通过联想生活与当地多样性接触，在冲突后的背景下培养多维身份

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102356

Fidelia Danielle Renne

This paper explores themes of identity and belonging as displayed within the local associational life of young adults in Lebanon. The paper responds to questions raised in intergroup contact literature regarding the role of intragroup relationships in shaping group boundaries and self-categorization. It explores how participants think about and experience diverse social categories within local networks and the corresponding processes by which boundaries between various categories of ‘us’ and ‘them’ become increasingly blurred. Through observations of place-making initiatives and socio-political discourse emerging from shared local spaces (commons), the paper illustrates how intergroup tensions can become cognitively tied to concrete issues pertaining to one’s locality, rather than transcendent and permanent identity groupings. The research finds that participants develop discursive confidence to address interpersonal differences through interactions among peers within localized associational spaces. Further, the negotiation of multiple dimensions of identity and multiple categories of otherness within one’s closest social networks helps weaken the significance of sectarian identity in how participants reportedly approach relationships in more sect-diverse social spaces.

本文探讨了黎巴嫩年轻人在当地交往生活中所表现出的身份和归属感的主题。本文回应了在群体间接触文献中提出的关于群体内关系在塑造群体边界和自我分类中的作用的问题。它探讨了参与者如何在本地网络中思考和体验不同的社会类别，以及相应的过程，通过这些过程，“我们”和“他们”之间的各种类别的界限变得越来越模糊。通过对从共享的地方空间（公地）中出现的场所创造倡议和社会政治话语的观察，本文说明了群体间的紧张关系如何在认知上与与一个人的地方有关的具体问题联系在一起，而不是超越和永久的身份群体。研究发现，参与者通过在局部关联空间内同伴之间的互动来发展话语自信，以解决人际差异。此外，在一个人最亲密的社会网络中，对多重维度的身份和多重类别的他者的协商有助于削弱宗派身份在参与者如何处理更宗派多样化的社会空间中的关系中的重要性。

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Contact with whom? The role of intergroup and intragroup contact in predicting support for diversity ideologies among migrants in Qatar 和谁联系？群体间和群体内接触在预测卡塔尔移民对多样性意识形态的支持中的作用

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2026.102364

Diala R. Hawi , Zacharia Bady , Kumar Yogeeswaran , Sandra Penić , Dana Albustami , Karelis Olivo Rumpf

This study investigates how intergroup and intragroup contact predict the endorsement of diversity ideologies among three migrant groups in Qatar: South Asians, Arabs, and Westerners. Qatar's unique demographic, where migrants form the majority yet lack access to citizenship, provides an important setting for examining how diversity ideologies take shape within a stratified migrant hierarchy. Study 1 establishes migrants’ shared perceptions of group status and cultural proximity in Qatar, whereby Westerners are perceived as socio-economically closets to Qataris, while Arabs and South Asians are culturally closer. Study 2 reports findings from multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM) conducted on survey data (N = 886), where Arabs and South Asians endorse assimilation more than Westerners, who favor multiculturalism and interculturalism. Positive contact with Qatari citizens (dominant group) predicts greater assimilation endorsement among Arabs, whereas negative contact with Qataris relates to lower assimilation support among South Asians and Westerners. Additionally, negative contact with other migrant groups relates to higher assimilation endorsement among Arabs and South Asians. These findings suggest that contact might play varying roles depending on a group’s cultural or socio-economic proximity to the dominant group. The study underscores the importance of differentiating between migrant groups and considering both positive and negative contact experiences when examining how these ideologies emerge within stratified migrant contexts.

本研究探讨了族群间和族群内的接触如何预测卡塔尔三个移民群体：南亚人、阿拉伯人和西方人对多样性意识形态的认可。卡塔尔独特的人口结构，移民占多数，但缺乏获得公民身份的机会，为研究多样性意识形态如何在分层的移民阶层中形成提供了一个重要的背景。研究1建立了移民对卡塔尔群体地位和文化接近度的共同看法，即西方人被认为是卡塔尔人的社会经济壁橱，而阿拉伯人和南亚人在文化上更接近。研究2报告了对调查数据（N = 886）进行的多群体结构方程模型（SEM）的研究结果，其中阿拉伯人和南亚人比西方人更支持同化，西方人赞成多元文化和跨文化主义。与卡塔尔公民（主导群体）的积极接触预示着阿拉伯人对同化的更大支持，而与卡塔尔人的消极接触则与南亚人和西方人对同化的更低支持有关。此外，与其他移民群体的负面接触与阿拉伯人和南亚人对同化的更高认可有关。这些发现表明，接触可能会发挥不同的作用，这取决于一个群体与主导群体的文化或社会经济接近程度。该研究强调了区分移民群体的重要性，并在研究这些意识形态如何在分层移民背景下出现时考虑到积极和消极的接触经历。

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The effects of perceived threat and perceived benefit on the association between societal pessimism and anti-immigrant attitude in Japan 感知威胁和感知利益对日本社会悲观情绪与反移民态度关系的影响

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102359

Takuya Shimokubo

Societal pessimism triggers exclusionary attitudes when immigrants are perceived as threats. According to scapegoat theory, societal pessimism can be interpreted as predicting anti-immigrant sentiment when immigrants are perceived as threats that cause the receiving society to decline. However, previous research has used one-dimensional scales that position benefit perception at the opposite end of threat perception. Therefore, it is unclear whether the relationship between societal pessimism and anti-immigrant attitudes is moderated by perceived threats or by perceived benefits. This study distinguished between perceived threat and perceived benefit, examining the moderating effects of these factors on the association between societal pessimism and anti-immigrant attitudes. In addition, the study examined the effects of perceiving immigrants as both a threat and a benefit. Data collected from a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted in Japan in 2017 were analyzed in this study. The results demonstrated that the perceived threat moderated the association between societal pessimism and anti-immigrant attitudes; however, the perceived benefit did not. Societal pessimism was positively correlated with anti-immigrant attitudes when perceived threat was at + 1 standard deviation (SD), whereas societal pessimism was not significantly associated with anti-immigrant attitudes when perceived threat was at –1 SD. Further, perceived benefit did not moderate the interaction effect between societal pessimism and perceived threat on anti-immigrant attitudes. Although this research was constrained by some limitations, it was concluded that societal pessimism can predict anti-immigrant attitudes when immigrants are perceived as threats, a cause of social decline.

当移民被视为威胁时，社会悲观主义会引发排斥态度。根据替罪羊理论，当移民被视为导致接收社会衰落的威胁时，社会悲观主义可以被解释为预测反移民情绪。然而，先前的研究使用一维量表，将利益感知置于威胁感知的另一端。因此，尚不清楚社会悲观主义和反移民态度之间的关系是否被感知到的威胁或感知到的利益所调节。本研究区分了感知威胁和感知利益，考察了这些因素对社会悲观主义和反移民态度之间关系的调节作用。此外，该研究还调查了将移民视为威胁和利益的影响。本研究分析了2017年在日本进行的基于人口的横断面调查收集的数据。结果表明，威胁感知调节了社会悲观情绪与反移民态度之间的关联；然而，感知到的好处却没有。当感知威胁为+ 1标准差（SD）时，社会悲观情绪与反移民态度呈正相关，而当感知威胁为-1 SD时，社会悲观情绪与反移民态度不显著相关。此外，感知利益并没有调节社会悲观主义和感知威胁对反移民态度的交互作用。虽然这项研究受到一些限制，但它得出的结论是，当移民被视为威胁时，社会悲观主义可以预测反移民态度，这是社会衰落的一个原因。

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Nostalgia as a vehicle for improving relations between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs 怀旧是改善以色列犹太人和以色列阿拉伯人关系的工具

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102355

Constantine Sedikides , Tim Wildschut , Hisham M. Abu-Rayya

The Israel-Hamas war has further strained relations between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs. In a proof-of-concept experiment, testing 98 Israeli Jewish and 103 Israeli Arab participants, we examined whether nostalgia could be harnessed as a psychological asset for improving intergroup relations. Participants in the nostalgia condition reflected on a nostalgic interaction with an outgroup member, whereas participants in the control group reflected on an ordinary interaction with an outgroup member. Both Israeli Jewish and Israeli Arab participants in the nostalgia condition (compared to control) reported increased social connectedness and outgroup trust as well as improved outgroup attitudes and behavioural intentions. In addition, the effect of nostalgia on outgroup attitudes and behavioural intentions was serially mediated by social connectedness and outgroup trust. The findings point to nostalgia’s promise as a tool for enhancing intergroup relations.

以色列和哈马斯之间的战争进一步加剧了以色列犹太人和以色列阿拉伯人之间的紧张关系。在一项概念验证实验中，我们测试了98名以色列犹太人和103名以色列阿拉伯人，研究了怀旧是否可以作为一种改善群体间关系的心理资产。怀旧组的参与者反映的是与外群体成员的怀旧互动，而对照组的参与者反映的是与外群体成员的普通互动。与对照组相比，怀旧组的以色列犹太人和以色列阿拉伯人的社会联系和外群体信任都有所增加，外群体态度和行为意图也有所改善。此外，乡愁对外群体态度和行为意向的影响被社会连通性和外群体信任依次中介。研究结果表明，怀旧有望成为增进群体间关系的一种工具。

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