This study examines whether general self-efficacy and student-university match mediate the relationship between international students’ perceived discrimination and social connectedness and their well-being. A total of 350 international students (64 % female) participated in this study. The data analysis used the bootstrapping technique to perform parallel multiple mediation analysis. The findings indicate that perceived discrimination and social connectedness directly affect mental well-being and mental affect well-being through the mediation effects of general self-efficacy and student-university match variables. Since the direct and mediation effects are significant and in the same direction, there is complementary mediation in these two models. The findings contributed to the literature on the relationship between discrimination, social connectedness, and mental well-being among international students. The results underscore the importance of creating inclusive and supportive settings in higher education to improve the mental well-being of international students.
{"title":"Perceived discrimination, social connectedness, and mental well-being of international students in Türkiye: Mediating roles of self efficacy and student-university match","authors":"Evrim Çetinkaya-Yıldız , Esin Yılmaz Koğar , Ahmet Metin , Derya Alkan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102333","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines whether general self-efficacy and student-university match mediate the relationship between international students’ perceived discrimination and social connectedness and their well-being. A total of 350 international students (64 % female) participated in this study. The data analysis used the bootstrapping technique to perform parallel multiple mediation analysis. The findings indicate that perceived discrimination and social connectedness directly affect mental well-being and mental affect well-being through the mediation effects of general self-efficacy and student-university match variables. Since the direct and mediation effects are significant and in the same direction, there is complementary mediation in these two models. The findings contributed to the literature on the relationship between discrimination, social connectedness, and mental well-being among international students. The results underscore the importance of creating inclusive and supportive settings in higher education to improve the mental well-being of international students.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102333"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145690643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102323
Brad Deacon , Xingjian Gao , Lina Wang , Xuechen Hu , Jiro Takai
Although intercultural communication competence (ICC) scales are widely used, research has seldom examined the antecedent traits and mediating processes shaping Japanese undergraduates’ intercultural development. This longitudinal study applied a Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to investigate Japanese university students’ (N = 155) intercultural behavioral intent during a short-term study-abroad (STSA) program. The study hypothesized predictive links across four nomological steps: personality traits, mediators (attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control), intercultural behavioral intent, and actual intercultural behavior. Repeated-measures ANOVA showed significant increases in attitudes and perceived behavioral control. SEM showed good model fit and provided partial support for the hypothesized pathways. Openness emerged as the strongest personality predictor, while attitudes and subjective norms mediated intercultural intent. In contrast, perceived behavioral control was not significant. Longitudinal mediation analysis revealed significant indirect effects on actual intercultural behavior. Findings highlight the value of integrating personality and intent measures in STSA research. This study suggests that educators and program designers should pay particular attention to fostering openness, intercultural attitudes, and peer support to enhance students’ ICC.
{"title":"Investigating Japanese university students’ intercultural behavioral intent: A longitudinal study using the theory of planned behavior","authors":"Brad Deacon , Xingjian Gao , Lina Wang , Xuechen Hu , Jiro Takai","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102323","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102323","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although intercultural communication competence (ICC) scales are widely used, research has seldom examined the antecedent traits and mediating processes shaping Japanese undergraduates’ intercultural development. This longitudinal study applied a Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) model to investigate Japanese university students’ (N = 155) intercultural behavioral intent during a short-term study-abroad (STSA) program. The study hypothesized predictive links across four nomological steps: personality traits, mediators (attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control), intercultural behavioral intent, and actual intercultural behavior. Repeated-measures ANOVA showed significant increases in attitudes and perceived behavioral control. SEM showed good model fit and provided partial support for the hypothesized pathways. Openness emerged as the strongest personality predictor, while attitudes and subjective norms mediated intercultural intent. In contrast, perceived behavioral control was not significant. Longitudinal mediation analysis revealed significant indirect effects on actual intercultural behavior. Findings highlight the value of integrating personality and intent measures in STSA research. This study suggests that educators and program designers should pay particular attention to fostering openness, intercultural attitudes, and peer support to enhance students’ ICC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102323"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145527484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102321
Julien Brisson , Juan Carlos Ramirez Tovar , Jesus Gregorio , Kelika Konda , Alfonso Silva-Santisteban , Amaya Perez-Brumer
This paper explores how migration (re)shapes the sexual lives of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) from Venezuela now living in Lima, Peru. While global public health discourses have predominantly framed GBM migrant sexualities through narratives of risk, especially in relation to HIV, this study draws attention to the dynamic interplay between pleasure and vulnerability in post-migration sexuality. Based on five focus groups with 42 GBM Venezuelan migrants in Lima (age range 23–54; median 36), this analysis examines how post-migration contexts can open space for greater sexual freedom and experimentation, including the adoption of new practices such as cruising and group sex. Participants described migration as an opportunity to explore their sexual identities more openly, even as they reported encountering heightened risks to sexual health, such as more frequent condomless sex with casual partners and substance use during sexual activity. Amid the precarious context of resettlement, participants employed harm reduction strategies, including frequent testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). By examining how GBM migrants navigate sexuality, intimacy, and pleasure during post-migration and resettlement, this paper contributes to emerging scholarship in sex-positive public health that affirms erotic agency while attending to the structural conditions that shape vulnerability (e.g., HIV/STIs prevention barriers). In doing so, the paper offers a more nuanced understanding of male sexuality in South-South migration in Latin America, emphasizing the need for culturally grounded, non-stigmatizing interventions that support both sexual health and well-being by paying attention to migrant GBM’s pleasure beyond the limitations of risks.
{"title":"Post-migration sexual health and pleasure among gay and bisexual venezuelan migrant men in Lima, Peru","authors":"Julien Brisson , Juan Carlos Ramirez Tovar , Jesus Gregorio , Kelika Konda , Alfonso Silva-Santisteban , Amaya Perez-Brumer","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102321","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102321","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores how migration (re)shapes the sexual lives of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) from Venezuela now living in Lima, Peru. While global public health discourses have predominantly framed GBM migrant sexualities through narratives of risk, especially in relation to HIV, this study draws attention to the dynamic interplay between pleasure and vulnerability in post-migration sexuality. Based on five focus groups with 42 GBM Venezuelan migrants in Lima (age range 23–54; median 36), this analysis examines how post-migration contexts can open space for greater sexual freedom and experimentation, including the adoption of new practices such as cruising and group sex. Participants described migration as an opportunity to explore their sexual identities more openly, even as they reported encountering heightened risks to sexual health, such as more frequent condomless sex with casual partners and substance use during sexual activity. Amid the precarious context of resettlement, participants employed harm reduction strategies, including frequent testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). By examining how GBM migrants navigate sexuality, intimacy, and pleasure during post-migration and resettlement, this paper contributes to emerging scholarship in sex-positive public health that affirms erotic agency while attending to the structural conditions that shape vulnerability (e.g., HIV/STIs prevention barriers). In doing so, the paper offers a more nuanced understanding of male sexuality in South-South migration in Latin America, emphasizing the need for culturally grounded, non-stigmatizing interventions that support both sexual health and well-being by paying attention to migrant GBM’s pleasure beyond the limitations of risks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102321"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145468671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-12-02DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102320
Jan-Willem Simons , Eva Jaspers , Frank van Tubergen
The media are widely regarded as critical in shaping ethnic majority attitudes toward ethnic minorities. Yet despite this presumed influence, the mechanisms underlying this influence remain insufficiently understood. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes existing research, identifying three key empirical pathways through which media are thought to operate: salience (prominence of information about ethnic minorities), valence (ranging from negative to positive evaluations of ethnic minorities), and consumption (the overall volume of media exposure). We further examine moderators specific to valence, namely sign (positive versus negative) and source (evaluation by ethnic majority ingroup or ethnic minority outgroup), as well moderators applying across all three pathways: media type (traditional versus social/online) and format (viewing versus reading). Our meta-analysis encompasses 1587 effect sizes from 155 articles published between 2010 and 2022, representing approximately 350,000 respondents. We find that media salience has a weak positive relationship with negative ethnic majority attitudes toward immigration, but not with attitudes toward ethnic minorities themselves. Media valence shows a weak positive relationship with attitudes, with smaller effects for positive valence on positive attitudes and larger effects for negative valence on negative attitudes. Moreover, valence shows a positive relationship with attitudes when the evaluation originates from ethnic out-groups, but no relationship when it originates from ethnic in-groups. Finally, we find no evidence of a significant relationship between media consumption and attitudes. We conclude by identifying critical gaps in the literature and by advocating for an integrative approach that considers how salience, valence, and consumption interrelate in shaping ethnic majority attitudes toward ethnic minorities.
{"title":"Media influences on ethnic majority attitudes toward ethnic minorities: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Jan-Willem Simons , Eva Jaspers , Frank van Tubergen","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102320","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102320","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The media are widely regarded as critical in shaping ethnic majority attitudes toward ethnic minorities. Yet despite this presumed influence, the mechanisms underlying this influence remain insufficiently understood. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes existing research, identifying three key empirical pathways through which media are thought to operate: salience (prominence of information about ethnic minorities), valence (ranging from negative to positive evaluations of ethnic minorities), and consumption (the overall volume of media exposure). We further examine moderators specific to valence, namely sign (positive versus negative) and source (evaluation by ethnic majority ingroup or ethnic minority outgroup), as well moderators applying across all three pathways: media type (traditional versus social/online) and format (viewing versus reading). Our meta-analysis encompasses 1587 effect sizes from 155 articles published between 2010 and 2022, representing approximately 350,000 respondents. We find that media salience has a weak positive relationship with negative ethnic majority attitudes toward immigration, but not with attitudes toward ethnic minorities themselves. Media valence shows a weak positive relationship with attitudes, with smaller effects for positive valence on positive attitudes and larger effects for negative valence on negative attitudes. Moreover, valence shows a positive relationship with attitudes when the evaluation originates from ethnic out-groups, but no relationship when it originates from ethnic in-groups. Finally, we find no evidence of a significant relationship between media consumption and attitudes. We conclude by identifying critical gaps in the literature and by advocating for an integrative approach that considers how salience, valence, and consumption interrelate in shaping ethnic majority attitudes toward ethnic minorities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102320"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145690644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-05DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102317
Sedef Turper
Inaccurate information about migrants and migration policies has increasingly circulated in the form of disinformation and misinformation, particularly in political contexts where migration is a salient issue. The current study examines the impact of migration-related misperceptions on the endorsement of restrictive immigration policies by focusing on misperceptions resulting from exposure to dis- and misinformation about policies governing the rights and obligations of migrants. By utilizing representative survey data from Turkey and adopting a Structural Equation Model approach, the current study demonstrates that the propensity of group relative deprivation to translate into restrictive policy preferences significantly increases when natives misperceive the immigration policy context as being more inclusive than it truly is. Findings reveal that natives who hold inflated perceptions about the inclusivity of migration policies are more likely to support restrictive migration policies, despite holding similar levels of threat perceptions and feelings of group relative deprivation as their correctly informed counterparts. The findings underscore that disinformation about migration policies amplifies the impact of natives’ senses of violated entitlements on their immigration policy preferences. As such, they also hold broader implications for the public reception of multicultural policies.
{"title":"Feeding the beast: The role of disinformation in shaping immigration policy preferences","authors":"Sedef Turper","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102317","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inaccurate information about migrants and migration policies has increasingly circulated in the form of disinformation and misinformation, particularly in political contexts where migration is a salient issue. The current study examines the impact of migration-related misperceptions on the endorsement of restrictive immigration policies by focusing on misperceptions resulting from exposure to dis- and misinformation about policies governing the rights and obligations of migrants. By utilizing representative survey data from Turkey and adopting a Structural Equation Model approach, the current study demonstrates that the propensity of group relative deprivation to translate into restrictive policy preferences significantly increases when natives misperceive the immigration policy context as being more inclusive than it truly is. Findings reveal that natives who hold inflated perceptions about the inclusivity of migration policies are more likely to support restrictive migration policies, despite holding similar levels of threat perceptions and feelings of group relative deprivation as their correctly informed counterparts. The findings underscore that disinformation about migration policies amplifies the impact of natives’ senses of violated entitlements on their immigration policy preferences. As such, they also hold broader implications for the public reception of multicultural policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102317"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145442524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-22DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102319
Yeasle Lee , Katie Hoemann , Batja Mesquita
Normative emotional patterns vary across cultures, and emotional fit with a cultural norm is linked to well-being. Immigrant-origin minority adolescents often navigate multiple cultural contexts, such as school and home, where emotional patterns may differ. In a daily diary study, we examined whether minority adolescents exhibited context-congruent emotional fit – dynamically aligning their emotional experiences with the pertinent cultural norms of each context – and how context-congruent fit relates to well-being in positive and negative situations. Surprisingly, adolescents’ emotional fit with both minority and majority norms was consistently higher at home than at school, providing only partial support for context-congruent emotional fit. Additionally, context-congruent emotional fit was positively associated with well-being in positive situations but negatively in negative situations. These findings suggest that immigrant-origin adolescents’ well-being depends on both emotional fit and situational valence, underscoring that their daily emotional lives reflect complex cultural dynamics rather than a simple minority-majority dichotomy.
{"title":"Context matters: Emotional fit of immigrant-origin adolescents and its implications for their well-being","authors":"Yeasle Lee , Katie Hoemann , Batja Mesquita","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Normative emotional patterns vary across cultures, and emotional fit with a cultural norm is linked to well-being. Immigrant-origin minority adolescents often navigate multiple cultural contexts, such as school and home, where emotional patterns may differ. In a daily diary study, we examined whether minority adolescents exhibited <em>context-congruent emotional fit</em> – dynamically aligning their emotional experiences with the pertinent cultural norms of each context – and how context-congruent fit relates to well-being in positive and negative situations. Surprisingly, adolescents’ emotional fit with both minority and majority norms was consistently higher at home than at school, providing only partial support for context-congruent emotional fit. Additionally, context-congruent emotional fit was positively associated with well-being in positive situations but negatively in negative situations. These findings suggest that immigrant-origin adolescents’ well-being depends on both emotional fit and situational valence, underscoring that their daily emotional lives reflect complex cultural dynamics rather than a simple minority-majority dichotomy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102319"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-01Epub Date: 2025-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102318
Larissa Remennick
In most western democracies, waves of mass migration entail uneasy intercultural encounters between native majorities and newcomers. Despite the universal nature of these interactions on the ground, there is paucity of micro-sociological and ethnographic research that documents and interprets these encounters ‘from below’. This essay explores the evolving relations between ex-Soviet immigrants and veteran Mizrahi Jews who have shared for over three decades residential communities in Israel’s geo-social periphery. Following mass immigration of (ex)Soviet Jews to Israel during the 1990s, by now this intercultural encounter spans three generations. Drawing upon her previous qualitative research (foregrounded by relevant macro-level data), the author reflects on the mechanisms of intergroup relations as part of migrant acculturation and gradual inclusion in the local context. Beginning from mutual hostility and social distancing among Gen 1.0 ‘Russians’ and Mizrahim, the younger cohorts manifested gradual mutual acceptance. Integration paths taken by ‘Russian’ Gens 1.5 and 2.0 were clearly gendered. Girls and young women often opted for cultural mimicry, adopting Mizrahi habitus in self-presentation, dress, and leisure. Boys and young men were typically prone to ‘Russian’ ethnic retention and forcefully resisted violence of their Mizrahi peers at school and in the streets. Over time, conflicts subsided, replaced by mutual inclusion and cultural cooptation. These time- and generation-based dynamics reflected mutual pragmatic interests in coexistence with the Other, supplemented by exchange of valuable material and symbolic resources. The findings offer a novel perspective for exploring the effects of diversity on social cohesion ‘on the ground’, calling for more comparative research.
{"title":"Intercultural dynamics in urban periphery: Ex-Soviet Immigrants’ encounter with Mizrahi Israelis across generations","authors":"Larissa Remennick","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102318","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102318","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In most western democracies, waves of mass migration entail uneasy intercultural encounters between native majorities and newcomers. Despite the universal nature of these interactions on the ground, there is paucity of micro-sociological and ethnographic research that documents and interprets these encounters ‘from below’. This essay explores the evolving relations between ex-Soviet immigrants and veteran Mizrahi Jews who have shared for over three decades residential communities in Israel’s geo-social periphery. Following mass immigration of (ex)Soviet Jews to Israel during the 1990s, by now this intercultural encounter spans three generations. Drawing upon her previous qualitative research (foregrounded by relevant macro-level data), the author reflects on the mechanisms of intergroup relations as part of migrant acculturation and gradual inclusion in the local context. Beginning from mutual hostility and social distancing among Gen 1.0 ‘Russians’ and Mizrahim, the younger cohorts manifested gradual mutual acceptance. Integration paths taken by ‘Russian’ Gens 1.5 and 2.0 were clearly gendered. Girls and young women often opted for cultural mimicry, adopting Mizrahi habitus in self-presentation, dress, and leisure. Boys and young men were typically prone to ‘Russian’ ethnic retention and forcefully resisted violence of their Mizrahi peers at school and in the streets. Over time, conflicts subsided, replaced by mutual inclusion and cultural cooptation. These time- and generation-based dynamics reflected mutual pragmatic interests in coexistence with the Other, supplemented by exchange of valuable material and symbolic resources. The findings offer a novel perspective for exploring the effects of diversity on social cohesion ‘on the ground’, calling for more comparative research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102318"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145579719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-09-18DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102255
Maïlys Samba , Rasyid Bo Sanitioso , Yara Mahfud
Prior research indicates that interculturalism, with its focus on superdiversity and mixed identities, could be more effective in promoting positive intergroup relations in multicultural societies as compared to other ideologies. Through a survey (N = 278) and experiment (N = 537) involving French participants, we examined the effect of interculturalism (i.e., which emphasizes dialogue and interaction to foster shared values and societal integration) on warmth towards Muslims in France, comparing it to multiculturalism (i.e., which values the coexistence and preservation of distinct cultural identities) and assimilation (i.e., which encourages minority groups to shed aspects of their own culture while adopting the cultural norms of a dominant group). We also explored the mediating role of tolerance in these relationships. Results revealed that in the French context, interculturalism was not superior to multiculturalism in fostering positive intergroup relations, but both were more effective than assimilation. Furthermore, tolerance did not consistently serve as a mediator in these relationships, however, we found a significant positive association between tolerance and out-group attitudes. We emphasize the importance of integration policies and tolerance in promoting the integration of minorities in France.
{"title":"Beyond boundaries: Interculturalism, tolerance, and the promotion of positive intergroup attitudes toward muslims in France","authors":"Maïlys Samba , Rasyid Bo Sanitioso , Yara Mahfud","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102255","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102255","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prior research indicates that interculturalism, with its focus on superdiversity and mixed identities, could be more effective in promoting positive intergroup relations in multicultural societies as compared to other ideologies. Through a survey (<em>N</em> = 278) and experiment (<em>N</em> = 537) involving French participants, we examined the effect of interculturalism (i.e., which emphasizes dialogue and interaction to foster shared values and societal integration) on warmth towards Muslims in France, comparing it to multiculturalism (i.e., which values the coexistence and preservation of distinct cultural identities) and assimilation (i.e., which encourages minority groups to shed aspects of their own culture while adopting the cultural norms of a dominant group). We also explored the mediating role of tolerance in these relationships. Results revealed that in the French context, interculturalism was not superior to multiculturalism in fostering positive intergroup relations, but both were more effective than assimilation. Furthermore, tolerance did not consistently serve as a mediator in these relationships, however, we found a significant positive association between tolerance and out-group attitudes. We emphasize the importance of integration policies and tolerance in promoting the integration of minorities in France.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145096222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-09-22DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102298
Shiyu Cai, Chun Lai
Attracting and retaining culturally diverse students is one of the contemporary higher education institutions’ strategies for internationalisation. However, due to linguistic and cultural barriers, the sojourner students encounter challenges in gaining equal opportunities in the ‘game’ of education and social participation. Migrating to the multilingual and multicultural higher education landscape in Hong Kong, students from Mainland China are found facing linguistic, cultural, social and academic challenges. Through the theoretical lens of Bourdieu’s sociological framework and critical digital literacy (CDL), this study investigated how this group of sojourner students leveraged social media to adapt to a novel sociolinguistic and socio-academic field. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 17 Mainland Chinese students who were admitted to undergraduate programs at three Hong Kong universities. Findings revealed interactions with social media through a critical lens played an essential role in expanding these sojourner students’ online and offline habitus, which further contributed to the accumulation of different types of capitals that facilitated cross-cultural university adaptation. Therefore, CDL is a powerful tool in the relationship between sojourner students’ digital literacy practices and cross-cultural adaptation to a novel higher education field.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-01Epub Date: 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102315
Yun Yu
This article critically examines the ethical dilemmas and intercultural value navigations within the landscape of international student mobility (ISM), focusing on the scholarship-related experiences of international students in China. The study proposes and draws on the synthesized analytical framework: Multidimensional Actor-Value (MAV) Framework, and explores how international students perceive, negotiate, and respond to the ethical issues arising from value conflicts with the norms embedded in Chinese scholarship policies and practices. Based on the data analysis on the semi-structured in-depth interviews with 36 international students from over 20 countries in China, the findings reveal significant disparities in how students from Global South and Global North countries experience conditional scholarship offers, recognise their scholarship advantages over domestic students, and perceive the scholarship policies. The study points out to the complex of ‘education equality paradox’, and argues that, students’ negotiations and perceptions of fairness, legitimacy, and opportunity are shaped or reshaped by structural forces and power dynamics, their sociocultural backgrounds, and the degree of internationalisation in their home countries. This research calls for more culturally responsive, ethically reflexive, and socially sustainable scholarship policies that better align national and institutional objectives with the diverse academic and moral values of international students.
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