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International students’ social contact patterns and their effects on intercultural sensitivity

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102140

Yuwei Liang , Hanh Pho

Central to the intercultural experiences of international students is the formation of various social contacts, which play a crucial role in their intercultural development. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to investigate the patterns and functions of social contact among Chinese students at UK universities and their impact on intercultural sensitivity. A self-report survey (N = 102) was utilized to assess both the quantity (amount and frequency) and quality (strength, closeness, and pleasantness) of contacts with three social groups: co-nationals, host nationals, and non-co-nationals, examining their effects on intercultural sensitivity. Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression analyses were employed to examine the relationships among variables. Semi-structured interviews (N = 13) were conducted to further explore the nuances of these relationships and a thematic analysis was carried out. Despite challenges in forming social ties with host nationals, our findings indicate that both the quantity and quality of interactions with host nationals significantly enhance international students’ intercultural sensitivity, especially in the aspects of interaction confidence, engagement, and attentiveness. The study highlights the pivotal role of host nationals in facilitating the intercultural development of international students and calls for institutional and educational practices in UK higher education to promote frequent and meaningful interactions between international students and host nationals.

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Undocumented Afghan refugee women’s lived experiences of distress in Iran: A narrative inquiry of social suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102138

Roxana Golmohammad , Peyman Abkhezr , Shirin Ahmadnia

Undocumented Afghan refugee women in Iran face a multitude of challenges amidst the pandemic, deeply rooted in socio-political, economic, and cultural factors. This study explores their lived experiences through a social suffering lens, emphasizing the interplay of trauma, displacement, and systemic injustices. Semi-structured interviews informed by narrative inquiry were used. Participants shared that the pandemic has revived memories of war and displacement, as uncertainties surrounding their legal status and precarious living conditions increased. Gender-based violence, economic exclusion, and heightened emotional distress followed. Despite adversity, narratives also highlight resilience and resistance strategies. This research underscores the urgent need for holistic approaches to address systemic injustices and inform targeted interventions for this vulnerable population. Moving forward, incorporating intersectional and systemic perspectives is essential for fostering a more equitable and inclusive future for all.

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Psychological health of Afghan refugees: A narrative review of key factors in pre-migration and post-migration

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102137

Arub Ahmad , Jackson Passage , Jessi Hanson-DeFusco

Afghanistan remains a hotspot for civil and international conflict for the last several decades. After the sociopolitical situation worsened with the 2021 Taliban governmental takeover, many Afghan refugees and asylum seekers have experienced extreme violence and death, food insecurity, political-economic instability, and oppression because of the prolonged crises in their home country. These stressors cause many refugees to experience high levels of psychosocial distress that affect them even after successful resettlement. Various host countries attempt to remedy their distress by providing refugees social and economic support, such as welfare provisions. These resources are often costly and provided on a needs-based scale, yet how is need determined or defined? Applying a qualitative narrative review of top-cited literature, this study assesses key factors that can predict psychological distress by identifying the correlation and relationship between pre-migration traumas, post-migration stressors, and demographic categories. The results indicate that culture shock and difficulty adapting to the host country, particularly in the West, are the most notable factors in determining psychological distress in Afghan refugees fleeing the New Taliban regime.

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Cultural identity development in adult forced migrants: The psychometrics of a measure in Arabic, Spanish, and Ukrainian

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102134

Débora B. Maehler , Nivedita Bhaktha , Steffen Pötzschke , Howard Ramos

The aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric equivalence of Arabic-, Spanish-, and Ukrainian-language versions of the Multigroup Ethnic and National Identity Measure (MENI), a measure of cultural identity development comprised of an ethic identity and a national identity scale. The psychometric properties of the three language versions were examined and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to evaluate model fit and test measurement invariance in a sample of adult forced migrants from Syria, Mexico, and Ukraine living in Canada (N = 616). Multigroup CFA provided support for scalar invariance of the ethnic identity scale, allowing meaningful comparisons across the three cultural/language groups. However, the national identity scale demonstrated only configural invariance, suggesting that, although the general structure was consistent, the strength and patterns of relationships differed across groups. The construct and criterion validity of both scales were adequate for assessing identification with the country of origin and the residence country across the three language groups. Based on these findings, we conclude that future research can use the Arabic-, Spanish-, and Ukrainian-language versions of the MENI to assess and compare cultural identity development across these cultural/language groups of adult (forced) migrants, derive identity statuses, and extract acculturation profiles.

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How do students develop intercultural competence during international mobility?

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102132

Anne Bartel-Radic , Alain Cucchi

Developing students’ intercultural competence is a key objective of international mobility programs in higher education. While it is widely accepted that studying abroad enhances students' competencies, little is known about the specific conditions and contexts that promote the development of intercultural competence during these experiences. This study draws on survey data from 499 students across five cohorts from a French higher education institution between 2017 and 2021. The analysis includes three distinct measures of intercultural competence and learning, along with a wide range of variables related to the mobility context, processes, personality traits and students’ previous international experiences. The data were analyzed using an exploratory partial least squares structural equations model (PLS-SEM). The findings suggest that personality traits such as empathy, attributional complexity, and metacognition, positively influence the development of intercultural competence during international mobility. Additionally, encountering difficulties or conflicts positively impacts intercultural competence when students successfully manage to cope with them and overcome negative emotions. Furthermore, perceived learning from the international experience plays a central and mediating role in explaining both intercultural knowledge and ethnorelativism.

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Corrigendum to “Intercultural mentoring among university students: The importance of meaningful communication” [International Journal of Intercultural Relations 91 (2022) 13–26]

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102096

Shin Pyng Wong , Siak Bie Soh , Melissa Ling Lee Wong

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Is everywhere I go home? Reflections on the acculturation journey of African international students in China

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102136

Allan Muganga , Yohana Kifle Mekonen , Michael Agyemang Adarkwah , Oluwasegun A. Oladipo , Chiamaka Nneoma Nweze , Saira Bibi

This qualitative study explores the acculturation journey of African international students in China, focusing on the evolution of their experiences. While previous research has often overlooked the progressive nature of international students, particularly from Africa, this study addresses this gap by examining how these students navigate academic, cultural, and psychological challenges over time. Using a conceptual framework informed by existing acculturation theories, the study identified six key dimensions shaping the acculturation process. Fifteen African international students, aged 25–36 years, with lengths of stay ranging from 4 to 7 years, were selected from three research-intensive universities in China. The findings reveal that early acculturation stress, including challenges like language barriers and culture shock, significantly impacts these students’ psychological well-being and makes securing internships more difficult. However, students who accessed strong peer networks and received supervisor support demonstrated better coping strategies and higher satisfaction by their final year. This study shows that acculturation is a dynamic process and suggests that educational institutions should improve support systems to better support the well-being and academic success of international students.

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Chinese students’ perceptions of affordances and challenges, and their associated reactions within different contexts of intercultural communication

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102133

C.J. Yang , V. Popov , H.J.A. Biemans

The perceptions of Chinese students in intercultural communication have been well-documented in literature. However, the context-dependent features of these perceptions have yet to be addressed by scholars. This study provides a qualitative examination of the perceptions of Chinese students concerning affordances, challenges, and related reactions within the contexts of personal interaction, group work, and class interaction, based on their individual experiences of intercultural communication. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to explore the personal intercultural communication experiences of 22 Chinese international students within multicultural classroom settings at a Dutch university. Qualitative data suggest that the reactions of these Chinese students are closely linked to the context in which they find themselves and the perceptions they experience at the time. The challenges and affordances perceived by participants were summarized within their respective contexts, along with their reactions. The findings reveal the perception and reaction tendencies of these Chinese students across different contexts. Based on these findings, the perspective of context-sensitivity in intercultural communication is reinforced. Furthermore, the construction of appropriate contexts is considered an effective pathway to facilitate Chinese students’ participation in intercultural interactions, and the group work is more appropriate than the other two contexts are for communication as a learning environment.

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Multicultural experience and young Chinese people’s subjective well-being: An indirect effect through self-construal

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102135

Xiaoyu Dai, Davelle Lee, Chi-Ying Cheng

Traditional Chinese culture promotes ingroup harmony and personal conformity, which facilitates a cultural tendency of perceived self-other similarity among Chinese people’s self-concepts. However, with increased exposure to foreign cultures due to globalization, many young Chinese may see themselves as more unique in relation to others via contrast and comparison. This shift in self-construal may facilitate the pursuit of a more positive self-view and enhanced personal happiness. Thus, it is expected that among Chinese people, multicultural experience would be positively linked to construing the self as different from others, which, in turn, would predict higher self-esteem and subjective well-being. An online survey study with 1387 Chinese adults aged below or equal to 40 years old was conducted to test these hypotheses. The results supported the hypotheses, showing that multicultural experience was indirectly associated with higher levels of self-esteem and subjective well-being through an increased tendency to construe the self as different from others. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.

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Longitudinal relationships between coping strategies, cultural orientations, and mental health among young refugees from the Middle East in Germany

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2024-12-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102126

Usama EL-Awad , Hannah Nilles , Johanna Braig , Pia Schmees , Denny Kerkhoff , Yasemin Kilinc , Jana-Elisa Rueth , Heike Eschenbeck , Arnold Lohaus

Upon arrival in the host country, young refugees typically experience post-migration stress due to the daily challenges of the new environment and culture they encounter. This study examined changes in cultural orientations toward both the dominant and the society of origin in young refugees and their possible indirect association with the interplay between the prior adoption of coping strategies - classified as functional (seeking social support, problem-focused coping, palliative emotion regulation) or dysfunctional (avoidant coping, anger-related emotion regulation) - and later mental health outcomes, including internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Data of 94 Middle Eastern refugees in Germany aged 8 to 18 years (Mage = 13.32 years, SDage = 2.98 years, 46% female), who completed questionnaires at two time-points approximately one year apart, were analyzed. Path analytic results show that young refugees who actively addressed problems and sought social support were better adapted to their environment, namely reported more cultural integration and fewer internalizing and externalizing symptoms over time. They also used functional approaches to emotion regulation. No effects were found for avoidant coping and anger-related coping strategies. However, the small scale of the indirect effects observed points to the potential involvement of contextual factors in the relationships studied. Therefore, a combination of support programs and conducive environments where functional stress coping strategies can be developed and practiced in the acculturation context could be crucial for successful socio-cultural adjustment and beneficial for the mental health of young refugees in Western countries.

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