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Factors predicting multicultural acceptance among multicultural adolescents in South Korea: A latent growth model and growth mixture model approach 韩国多元文化青少年对多元文化接受的预测因素：潜在成长模型和成长混合模型方法

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102275

Jin-ho An , Haelim Lee , Haejeong Jeong

Despite the increase in international marriages in South Korea, adolescents from multicultural families often face social exclusion, leading to psychological challenges. Yet, research on how they perceive multicultural acceptance and what factors predict their attitudes over developmental stages is limited. Therefore, this study aims to address individual changes and trajectories of group changes in multicultural acceptance. The Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (Waves 4–6) by the National Youth Policy Institute in South Korea (N = 1193, 7–9th Grade) was utilized. Adolescents were identified as those with a Korean father and a foreign-national immigrant mother. Descriptive statistics, the Latent Growth Model (LGM), and Growth Mixture Modeling (GMM) were performed to assess distinct profiles of multicultural acceptance. Logistic regression was used to examine predictive factors related to multicultural acceptance. The LGM results showed a trend of increasing multicultural acceptance with individual differences. The GMM results indicated the best fit with three profiles of multicultural acceptance: Increasing (29.3 %), Maintaining (65.4 %), and Decreasing (5.4 %). The logistic regression results showed that adolescents in the Decreasing class who reported higher life satisfaction and better school adjustment were more likely to transition to the Increasing class. Higher self-esteem, better school adjustment, and maternal self-esteem were associated with an increased likelihood of moving to the Increasing class in the Maintaining class. Interventions targeting these predictive factors are needed to increase multicultural acceptance among multicultural adolescents. Human services professionals may employ these findings to implement family functioning and school-based mental health programs promoting multicultural acceptance and boosting self-esteem.

尽管韩国的跨国婚姻有所增加，但来自多元文化家庭的青少年往往面临社会排斥，导致心理挑战。然而，关于他们如何看待多元文化接受以及哪些因素预测他们在发展阶段的态度的研究是有限的。因此，本研究旨在探讨多元文化接受过程中的个体变化和群体变化轨迹。采用韩国国立青年政策研究所（N = 1193,7 - 9年级）的多元文化青少年小组研究（Waves 4-6）。青少年是指父亲是韩国人，母亲是外国移民的青少年。使用描述性统计、潜在增长模型（LGM）和增长混合模型（GMM）来评估多元文化接受的不同概况。采用Logistic回归分析多元文化接受的相关预测因素。LGM结果显示多元文化接受程度有上升趋势，但存在个体差异。GMM结果显示，多元文化接受度的三个特征最适合：增加（29.3 %）、保持（65.4 %）和减少（5.4 %）。logistic回归结果显示，生活满意度较高、学校适应能力较强的递减班级青少年更有可能向递增班级过渡。更高的自尊、更好的学校适应和母亲自尊与从维持班转到增加班的可能性增加有关。需要针对这些预测因素的干预措施来提高多元文化青少年对多元文化的接受程度。人类服务专业人员可以利用这些发现来实施家庭功能和学校心理健康项目，以促进多元文化的接受和提高自尊。

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Marital satisfaction of South Asian migrants settled in Australia 在澳大利亚定居的南亚移民的婚姻满意度

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102277

Nigar G. Khawaja , Aparna Hebbani , Agata Vitale , Sina Rejali

South Asian married migrants (N = 191), settled in Australia, completed online measures and open-ended questions about their demographics and marital satisfaction. Data were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methods. Logical hierarchical regression indicated that women had lower levels of marital satisfaction, while an increase in the number of, education, full-time employment, as well as self-reported ‘good’ relationship with their spouse, increased marital satisfaction. The qualitative findings endorsed having a happy and gratifying relationship and communication with spouse, support from extended families, participation in cultural and community activities, and cultural and religious beliefs, as facilitators of high marital satisfaction. Marital satisfaction was negatively impacted by restrictive socio-cultural norms, patriarchy and gendered roles/responsibilities, interference by extended family, poor communication skills, and spousal conflicts over varying needs, expectations, and views. The findings address gaps in literature and assist in developing appropriate services and policies to support South Asian migrants settled in Western countries.

定居澳大利亚的南亚已婚移民（N = 191）完成了关于他们的人口统计和婚姻满意度的在线测量和开放式问题。采用定量和定性相结合的方法对资料进行分析。逻辑层次回归表明，女性的婚姻满意度水平较低，而教育程度、全职工作数量的增加，以及自我报告的与配偶“良好”关系的增加，婚姻满意度提高。定性调查结果表明，与配偶保持愉快和令人满意的关系和交流、大家庭的支持、参与文化和社区活动以及文化和宗教信仰是提高婚姻满意度的促进因素。婚姻满意度受到限制性社会文化规范、父权制和性别角色/责任、大家庭的干扰、糟糕的沟通技巧以及配偶在不同需求、期望和观点上的冲突的负面影响。调查结果解决了文献上的空白，并有助于制定适当的服务和政策，以支持在西方国家定居的南亚移民。

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Editorial: Love beyond WEIRD: Exploring new contexts and concepts 社论：超越怪异的爱：探索新的背景和概念

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102268

Claude-Hélène Mayer

This special issue of the International Journal of Intercultural Relations focuses on “Love beyond WEIRD: exploring new contexts and concepts”. The collection of articles in this special issue explores love across and in various cultural, intercultural and transcultural contexts and perspectives, representing first authors from eight countries, such as Poland, the United States of America, Portugal, Indonesia, South Africa, Japan, and Macao. Several of the articles were run by large research groups. The authors use quantitative, qualitative and mixed method research methodologies. Altogether, this special issue includes this editorial and 13 articles on “Love beyond WEIRD”, focusing on specific Eastern European, different Asian, South African and African contexts, specific ethnic groups, as well as intercultural and international comparisons of love definitions and concepts across cultures.

本期《国际跨文化关系杂志》特刊聚焦于“超越怪异的爱：探索新的背景和概念”。本期特刊的文章集探讨了不同文化，跨文化和跨文化背景和视角下的爱情，代表了来自八个国家的第一作者，如波兰，美国，葡萄牙，印度尼西亚，南非，日本和澳门。其中几篇文章是由大型研究小组撰写的。作者采用定量、定性和混合的研究方法。这期特刊总共包括这篇社论和13篇关于“超越怪异的爱”的文章，重点关注特定的东欧，不同的亚洲，南非和非洲背景，特定的种族群体，以及跨文化和跨文化的爱定义和国际比较。

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Prediction of societal resilience components in a protracted war 长期战争中社会恢复力因素的预测

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102273

Shaul Kimhi , Hadas Marciano , Yohanan Eshel , Arielle Kaim , Bruria Adini

The current study examines an existing scale for measuring societal resilience for two objectives: first, to explore and verify, using factor analysis, the classification of the tool into varied factors. Second, to examine which psychological, demographic variables, and political preferences, controlling for each other, significantly predict each factor. The study consisted of 957 adult Hebrew-speaking Israelis sampled using an Internet panel company. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated four distinct factors, each predicted significantly by different scales. The factors are (a) 'Trust in the government and its leader' (five items), (b) 'Social integration' (four items), (c) 'Attachment to the country' (four items), and (d) 'Trust in the state institutions' (two items). Path Analysis indicated that six scales significantly predicted at least one of the four factors (presented by level of factor loading): Trust in the government and its leader was predicted by government support, community resilience, hope, and religiosity. Hope, community resilience, and government support predicted attachment to the country. Hope, government support, a sense of danger, age, and community resilience predicted social integration. Trust in state institutions was predicted by government support, religiosity, community resilience, and age. The article offers possible explanations for these findings.

目前的研究考察了一个现有的衡量社会弹性的量表，有两个目标：首先，探索和验证，使用因素分析，将工具分类为不同的因素。其次，检查哪些心理、人口变量和政治偏好，相互控制，显著预测每个因素。这项研究由一家互联网调查公司抽样调查了957名讲希伯来语的以色列成年人。采用结构方程模型（SEM）的验证性因子分析（CFA）显示了四个不同的因素，每个因素在不同的量表上都有显著的预测。这些因素是(a)“对政府及其领导人的信任”（5项），(b)“社会一体化”（4项），(c)“对国家的依恋”（4项），(d)“对国家机构的信任”（2项）。通径分析表明，6个量表至少显著预测了4个因素中的一个（以因素负荷水平表示）：政府支持、社区恢复力、希望和宗教信仰预测了对政府及其领导人的信任。希望、社区恢复力和政府支持预示着对这个国家的依恋。希望、政府支持、危机感、年龄和社区恢复力预示着社会融合。对国家机构的信任由政府支持、宗教信仰、社区恢复力和年龄预测。这篇文章为这些发现提供了可能的解释。

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Don’t you like us? Don’t you want us? The influence of immigrants’ acculturation strategies on cognitions of rejection in host community members 你不喜欢我们吗？你不想要我们吗？移民文化适应策略对收容社区成员排斥认知的影响

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102271

Susan E. Watt, Yvette D. Alcott, Sarah Feng, Adam Keleher, Ned I. Littlewood

Host nationals typically perceive immigrants who acculturate by using the separation strategy less positively than those using the other strategies of assimilation, integration, or marginalisation, which result from different combinations of host culture engagement and original culture maintenance. It is possible that seeing the separation strategy, where immigrants avoid the host culture and maintain the original culture, leads to host nationals feeling rejected. We conducted three studies of Australian citizens (total N = 863) to test this experimentally. In each study, participants viewed a vignette portraying an immigrant adopting one of the four acculturation strategies and then rated their cognitions of rejection (CoR) and other outcome variables. All studies revealed a causal effect of acculturation strategy on CoR, with separation producing the highest CoR. In Study 1, CoR then mediated an effect of acculturation strategy on affect towards the immigrant. In Study 2, perceived identification with Australia and CoR, in serial, mediated the effect of acculturation strategy on affect towards and trust of the immigrant. Study 3 demonstrated a generalisation effect where CoR mediated a relationship between acculturation strategy and affect towards immigrants generally. In each study, separation produced the most negative responses. Together, these results show affective consequences of immigrants’ acculturation strategy, where feeling rejected due to acculturation strategy leads to less positive emotions towards the immigrant, less positive stereotyping, and reduced trust.

东道国通常认为采用分离策略适应的移民不如采用其他同化、融合或边缘化策略的移民积极，这是东道国文化参与和原始文化维护的不同组合造成的。有可能看到移民回避东道国文化而保持原有文化的分离策略，导致东道国感到被排斥。我们对澳大利亚公民进行了三项研究（总N = 863），以实验方式验证这一点。在每项研究中，参与者观看了一幅描绘移民采用四种文化适应策略之一的小插图，然后对他们的拒绝认知（CoR）和其他结果变量进行评估。所有研究都揭示了文化适应策略对移民心理的因果影响，其中分离对移民心理的影响最大。在研究1中，文化适应策略介导了移民心理对移民心理的影响。在研究2中，对澳大利亚和CoR的感知认同依次中介了文化适应策略对移民的情感和信任的影响。研究3证明了一种概括效应，即文化适应策略与对移民的总体影响之间存在着文化适应策略与对移民的总体影响之间的关系。在每项研究中，分离都产生了最负面的反应。综上所述，这些结果显示了移民文化适应策略的情感后果，由于文化适应策略而被拒绝的感觉导致对移民的积极情绪减少，积极刻板印象减少，信任减少。

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When (and where) do pandemics foster anti-migrant actions? Individual-, contextual- and societal-level drivers affecting social cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic 流行病何时（何地）助长了反移民行动？COVID-19大流行期间影响社会凝聚力的个人、背景和社会层面驱动因素

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102269

Tomasz Besta , Emma Thomas , Michał Olech , Paweł Jurek , Danny Osborne , Marek Palace , Gülçin Akbas , Julia C. Becker , Maja Becker , Tymofii Brik , Maria Chayinska , Makiko Deguchi , Sandesh Dhakal , Kaltrina Kelmendi , Anna Kende , Soledad Lamus , Paul Le Dornat , Angela Leung , Sarah E. Martiny , Rie Mizuki , Martijn van Zomeren

Research on anti-migrant actions has produced conflicting results, which we aimed to better understand through a multi-level and context-sensitive approach. Specifically, we investigated individual- (social dominance orientation; SDO), group- (identification), contextual- (attribution of migrants’ responsibility for the pandemic), and societal-level (Migrant Integration Policy Index and Democracy Index) correlates of anti-migrant collective action. Multi-level analyses from 21 countries (N = 4493) revealed that SDO correlated positively with identification with anti-migrant movements. However, believing that the pandemic emerged due to migration (contextual-level variable) and inclusive migration policies (societal-level variable) moderated the link between SDO and willingness to join anti-migrant actions. Those high on SDO who also believed the pandemic was due to migration were the most willing to pursue anti-migrant activities. Finally, SDO predicted anti-migrant collective actions, but only in countries with inclusive migration policies. These results uncover the contextual- and societal-level factors that exacerbate the relationship between SDO and anti-migrant actions.

反移民行动的研究产生了相互矛盾的结果，我们旨在通过多层次和上下文敏感的方法更好地理解。具体而言，我们调查了个人-（社会优势取向；SDO），群体-（认同），情境-（移民对大流行的责任归因）和社会层面（移民融合政策指数和民主指数）与反移民集体行动的相关性。来自21个国家（N = 4493）的多层次分析显示，SDO与反移民运动的认同呈正相关。然而，认为大流行病的出现是由于移徙（背景层面变量）和包容性移徙政策（社会层面变量）缓和了SDO与加入反移徙行动意愿之间的联系。那些同样认为大流行是由移民引起的SDO高的人最愿意从事反移民活动。最后，SDO预测了反移民的集体行动，但只发生在具有包容性移民政策的国家。这些结果揭示了环境和社会层面的因素加剧了SDO与反移民行为之间的关系。

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Acculturative stress and psychological well-being: The mediating role of social support, difficulties in emotion regulation, and meaning-centered coping style among international students in Germany 异文化压力与心理健康：社会支持、情绪调节困难和意义中心应对方式在德国留学生中的中介作用

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102272

Rasa Soufi Amlashi , Mohammad Reza Majzoobi , Simon Forstmeier

One of the common trends in today’s world is studying abroad. Acculturative stress is one of the major challenging factors which international students face in the host country and might affect their psychological well-being (PWB). Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between acculturative stress and PWB through the mediating role of social support, difficulties in emotion regulation (DIER), and meaning-centered coping style (MCCS) in international students studying in Germany. This was a cross-sectional study, the statistical population of which included all international students studying at German universities in 2024, among whom a sample of 443 people were selected. The measures used in this study were Sandhu and Asrabadi’s acculturative stress, Ryff’s PWB, Ong and Ward’s social support, Gratz and Roemer’s DIER, and Eisenbeck et al.’s MCCS questionnaires. Data were analyzed through Pearson's correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling in SPSS 26 and LISREL 10 software. The findings indicated that acculturative stress was significantly associated with PWB through three pathways of social support, DIER, and MCCS. As such, it was found that acculturative stress was negatively related to social support and MCCS, which, in turn, was positively associated with PWB. Moreover, acculturative stress was positively related to DIER, which, in turn, negatively related to PWB. The findings provide important information to policymakers, therapists, and counselors involved in stress management among international students.

当今世界的一个共同趋势是出国留学。异文化压力是国际学生在东道国面临的主要挑战因素之一，可能会影响他们的心理健康。因此，本研究的目的是通过社会支持、情绪调节困难（DIER）和意义中心应对方式（MCCS）的中介作用，探讨异文化压力与在德留学生工作压力之间的关系。这是一项横断面研究，统计人群包括2024年在德国大学学习的所有国际学生，其中选择了443人作为样本。本研究使用的测量方法是Sandhu和Asrabadi的异文化压力，Ryff的PWB， Ong和Ward的社会支持，Gratz和Roemer的DIER，以及Eisenbeck等人的MCCS问卷。在SPSS 26和LISREL 10软件中通过Pearson相关系数和结构方程建模对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，异文化压力通过社会支持、DIER和mcs三条通路与PWB显著相关。因此，我们发现异文化压力与社会支持和MCCS呈负相关，而社会支持和MCCS与PWB呈正相关。此外，异文化压力与DIER呈正相关，而DIER与PWB呈负相关。研究结果为政策制定者、治疗师和参与国际学生压力管理的顾问提供了重要信息。

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Exploring language diversity dimensions and differences in meaningful experiences during short-term study abroad (STSA) 短期海外学习中有意义体验的语言多样性维度与差异研究

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102270

Marina Iskhakova , Dana L. Ott , Andrew Bradly

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how students' engagement in meaningful experiences during short-term study abroad (STSA) programs differ across varying language diversity dimensions. While STSA has become one of the most widely adopted forms of international experience by universities worldwide, the role of language diversity dimensions has been under-examined. Drawing on experiential learning theory we investigate differences in meaningful experiences based on whether participants are monolingual, bilingual, or multilingual and whether the host country is English-speaking or non-English-speaking. Then, we explore the intersection of these two language diversity dimensions to better understand whether students’ engagement in meaningful experiences during STSA differs when both language repertoire and host country language are combined. Our findings are based on the learning journals of 116 undergraduate business students who participated in a two-week immersive study tour. Through our exploration, we provide important implications about the role of language in STSA. We also highlight recommendations for global mobility providers and higher education institutions who design and develop international education opportunities.

本文的目的是探讨在不同的语言多样性维度下，学生在短期海外学习（STSA）项目中参与有意义的经历是否以及如何不同。虽然STSA已成为世界各地大学最广泛采用的国际经验形式之一，但语言多样性方面的作用尚未得到充分研究。根据体验式学习理论，我们根据参与者是单语、双语还是多语以及东道国是英语国家还是非英语国家来调查有意义体验的差异。然后，我们探讨这两个语言多样性维度的交集，以更好地了解当语言储备和东道国语言结合在一起时，学生在STSA期间参与有意义的体验是否会有所不同。我们的研究结果基于116名商学院本科生的学习日志，这些学生参加了为期两周的沉浸式游学。通过我们的探索，我们对语言在STSA中的作用提供了重要的启示。我们还为设计和开发国际教育机会的全球流动提供者和高等教育机构提供了重点建议。

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Migrants in interethnic partnerships: Between preferences and structural opportunities 跨种族伙伴关系中的移民：偏好与结构性机会之间的关系

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102263

Anne-Kristin Kuhnt , Monika Obersneider

This paper explores the individual characteristics of migrants in interethnic partnerships living in Germany. Our analyses examine key characteristics extracted from the partner market theory and compare them among interethnic (migrant-native) and intraethnic (migrant-migrant) couples. This approach enables us to learn more about the role of cultural boundaries in the social integration processes of different migrant groups. We go beyond earlier research by focusing not on migrant-native contrasts but on variations within the migrant population, including a comparison of Turkish migrants and ethnic German resettlers, which are the two largest migrant groups in Germany; and by including religion, marital status, and spatial perspectives in our analyses. We also extend prior work by including non-marital partnerships. Our empirical analyses are based on migrant adults aged 14–48. In a first step, we present descriptive findings on the prevalence of interethnic partnerships in our sample. In a second step, we estimate the outcome variable (migrants in interethnic vs. intraethnic partnerships) using cross-sectional regression analyses. The models focus on compositional differences between immigrant groups concerning size and place of residence, education, migrant status, ethnicity, religiosity, sex, relationship status, and age. Our findings support the theoretical elaborations on interethnic partner markets, namely, that preferences and structural opportunities characterize migrants in interethnic partnerships.

本文探讨了居住在德国的跨种族伙伴关系中移民的个体特征。我们的分析检验了从伴侣市场理论中提取的关键特征，并比较了种族间（移民-本土）和种族内（移民-移民）夫妇的特征。这种方法使我们能够更多地了解文化边界在不同移民群体社会融合过程中的作用。我们超越了早期的研究，不关注移民与本土的对比，而是关注移民人口内部的变化，包括对土耳其移民和德国移民的比较，这是德国最大的两个移民群体；通过在我们的分析中包括宗教，婚姻状况和空间视角。我们还通过包括非婚姻伙伴关系来扩展先前的工作。我们的实证分析基于14-48岁的成年流动人口。在第一步中，我们提出了关于我们样本中种族间伙伴关系流行程度的描述性发现。在第二步中，我们使用横断面回归分析估计结果变量（种族间与种族内伙伴关系的移民）。这些模型关注移民群体在规模和居住地、教育、移民身份、种族、宗教信仰、性别、关系状况和年龄等方面的构成差异。我们的研究结果支持了对跨种族伙伴市场的理论阐述，即跨种族伙伴关系中移民的偏好和结构性机会特征。

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Understanding the experience of belonging of newly arrived Palestinian and Syrian refugee children in a recreational setting 了解新来的巴勒斯坦和叙利亚难民儿童在娱乐环境中的归属感体验

IF 2.8 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102267

Hend Alqawasma, Marjorie Aude Rabiau, Nicole Ives

Researchers used a qualitative approach to understand belonging for refugee children in a recreational setting. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 14 children (aged 6–14) before and after attending a summer day camp in Montreal, Canada. Data were also collected through interviews with three staff members and a focus group discussion with five campers’ mothers. Three themes, inclusion, relationships, and environmental mastery, illustrate connections between factors that foster children’s sense of belonging in early resettlement. Clinical implications are presented using an eco-systemic lens, incorporating refugee children and families’ perspectives in the development of community-based interventions, and discussing the importance of families and communities in fostering belonging.

研究人员使用定性方法来了解难民儿童在娱乐环境中的归属感。在加拿大蒙特利尔参加夏令营前后，对14名儿童（6-14岁）进行了深入的个人访谈。数据还通过与三名工作人员的访谈和与五名露营者母亲的焦点小组讨论收集。三个主题，包容，关系和环境掌握，说明了在早期安置中培养儿童归属感的因素之间的联系。临床意义采用生态系统的镜头，纳入难民儿童和家庭的观点，以社区为基础的干预措施的发展，并讨论家庭和社区在培养归属感的重要性。

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