International Journal of Intercultural Relations最新文献

Exploring the relationships between international extracurricular activities and the intercultural competence of Chinese domestic university students 探讨国际课外活动与中国国内大学生跨文化能力的关系

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102303

Xiaoqing Wang , Jie Huang , Hongbiao Yin

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Horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism of Chinese migrant university students and their relationships with adjustment: A scale validation and exploratory investigation 中国流动大学生横向与纵向个人主义、集体主义及其与适应的关系：量表验证与探索性调查

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102302

Hanzhi Fu

{"title":"Horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism of Chinese migrant university students and their relationships with adjustment: A scale validation and exploratory investigation","authors":"Hanzhi Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102302","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102302","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>China is widely regarded as a large multicultural country where migrating within its borders usually necessitates cross-cultural adjustment, especially for university students who leave their familiar hometowns for new environments. Over decades, numerous variables have been identified as predictors of cross-cultural adjustment, but major value patterns have received nominal attention in this area. This study investigates the relationships of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism with domestic migrant university students’ cross-cultural adjustment after first validating the individualism and collectivism scale (INDCOL) and the academic and social adjustment scale in contemporary Chinese contexts. A questionnaire survey was administered among 1296 migrant university students in the culturally diverse city of Shanghai. First, the adapted Chinese version of the above two scales were tested via exploratory factor analyses (EFA), confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), validity tests, reliability tests, and measurement invariance tests. Then, the differences between the four value dimensions in the Chinese version of the INDCOL (INDCOL-C) were examined. Finally, multivariate regression analyses were performed by using these four value dimensions as independent variables and two ingredients of cross-cultural adjustment (academic and social adjustment) as dependent variables. The aforementioned two instruments were validated in Chinese contexts. Horizontal individualism were shown to be the strongest value tendency among Chinese university students today. Horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism were all revealed to predict cross-cultural adjustment of internal migrant university students.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102302"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145220730","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}

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Familiar yet distant: Cultural proximity and the role of social media in the acculturation of Malaysian-Chinese students in China 熟悉而又遥远：文化接近和社交媒体在马来西亚华裔学生在中国的文化适应中的作用

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102304

Liang He, Yuxin Fei

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Understanding attitudes toward honor killing: The roles of gender, cultural identity, and personality traits in druze society- brief report 理解对荣誉谋杀的态度：性别的角色，文化认同，和德鲁兹社会的人格特征-简要报告

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102301

Vered Ne'eman-Haviv , Rola Saleh

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Major life events and acculturation trajectories of refugees: The example of divorced Syrian refugees in Germany 难民的重大生活事件和文化适应轨迹：以德国离异的叙利亚难民为例

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102300

Ahmad Al Ajlan

{"title":"Major life events and acculturation trajectories of refugees: The example of divorced Syrian refugees in Germany","authors":"Ahmad Al Ajlan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102300","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102300","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how divorce, as a major life event, influences the acculturation trajectories of Syrian refugee men and women in Germany. Using qualitative interviews with 34 participants, it explores the impact of divorce on three key dimensions of acculturation: social identification, religious identity, and attitudes toward host country family laws. Thematic analysis reveals notable gendered variations in acculturation strategies: men predominantly adopt separation or marginalization strategies, perceiving German family law as undermining their authority, while women pursue integration or assimilation, viewing legal frameworks as avenues for empowerment. This study extends John Berry’s acculturation model by introducing major life events as a critical, yet previously underexplored, dimension in shaping acculturation strategies. It emphasizes that personal transitions, such as divorce, can significantly influence acculturation processes, either accelerating or hindering adaptation. By linking divorce with broader acculturation dynamics, the study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of how personal and sociocultural factors interact in the migration experience. The findings underscore the need for targeted interventions, including legal literacy programs and culturally sensitive counselling, to support refugees navigating post-divorce transitions within the host society. This research calls for further exploration of how life events interact with cultural contexts to influence the acculturation of refugee populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102300"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158390","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}

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Changes in cultural orientation classes among adolescents of immigrant descent in South Korea: A nine-year longitudinal study 韩国移民后裔青少年文化取向阶层的变化：一项为期9年的纵向研究

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102297

Gyeongah Jang , Linda P. Juang , Miriam Schwarzenthal

{"title":"Changes in cultural orientation classes among adolescents of immigrant descent in South Korea: A nine-year longitudinal study","authors":"Gyeongah Jang , Linda P. Juang , Miriam Schwarzenthal","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102297","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102297","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adolescents of immigrant descent can be oriented toward their heritage and mainstream cultures. Addressing the lack of longitudinal studies of acculturation, this study identifies cultural orientation classes of such adolescents and tracks changes in their classes from early to late adolescence. Latent class analysis and latent transition analysis were applied using data from 2011, 2015, and 2019 (spanning nine years) of the nationally representative Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study collected from adolescents of immigrant descent in Korea (<em>n</em> = 1635). We identified three cultural orientation classes: “integration”, “assimilation”, and “moderate biculturalism”. Across all time points, most participants were in the “integration” and “assimilation” classes. At each transition point, the majority of adolescents tended to remain in one specific cultural orientation class, indicating stability. Furthermore, gender, ethnicity, and family language partially predicted membership in the “integration” or “assimilation” classes. Lastly, our findings revealed that adolescents in the “integration” and “assimilation” classes reported higher life satisfaction compared to those in the “moderate biculturalism” class. Based on our findings, we provide interpretations and discussions, taking into account the context of Korean society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102297"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158389","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}

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Humility in context: Insights from eastern and western research 语境中的谦逊：来自东西方研究的见解

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102293

Hyunji Kim , Doil Kim

{"title":"Humility in context: Insights from eastern and western research","authors":"Hyunji Kim , Doil Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102293","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102293","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Humility is a multifaceted psychological construct that has been widely discussed in East Asian and Western philosophy and the social sciences. However, empirical psychological research, especially outside of Western contexts, remains limited. While humility is often associated with traits such as accurate self-perception, unselfishness, and openness to one's limitations, these features primarily reflect Western interpretations. This review explores how humility has been defined and measured in psychological research, particularly within the Western context, by analyzing existing humility scales and their operationalization of the construct. Then, by drawing on a recent lay theory study conducted in South Korea, we compare culturally grounded understandings of humility and identify domains that are either underrepresented or absent in existing Western models. We further integrate insights from East Asian philosophical traditions, particularly Confucianism, to highlight culturally grounded or underrepresented dimensions of humility, such as propriety and self-lowering. These findings underscore the need for a more culturally expanded and context-sensitive conceptualization of humility and offer directions for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102293"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118591","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}

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Adult attachment and well-being in the wake of collective trauma: Evidence from the October 7 terror attack in Israel 集体创伤后的成人依恋和幸福感：来自10月7日以色列恐怖袭击的证据

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102299

Alon Goldberg

{"title":"Adult attachment and well-being in the wake of collective trauma: Evidence from the October 7 terror attack in Israel","authors":"Alon Goldberg","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102299","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102299","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the wake of mass trauma, individual differences in attachment orientation may shape well-being. This study examines how attachment anxiety and avoidance may have predicted well-being in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel, a nationally traumatic event with ongoing war-related stressors. Participants were 390 Israeli adults who completed self-report questionnaires in two phases. First, they completed the Experiences in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures Questionnaire (ECR-RS) and the Mental Health Continuum Short Form. Then they were asked to report their emotional responses (PANAS) while listening to a culturally meaningful song related to the trauma. Results showed that attachment anxiety was not associated with well-being, but it was associated with higher levels of both positive and negative affect following exposure to a song with emotional resonance to the trauma. Attachment avoidance was associated with lower well-being and lower levels of positive affect to the song. Findings suggest that collective social responses (e.g., national solidarity) may buffer distress in anxious individuals, but not in avoidant individuals. Implications for trauma-informed care and tailored interventions are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102299"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118592","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}

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Exploring social media practices and cross-cultural adaptation of mobile students in multilingual and multicultural higher education 探讨流动学生在多语言、多元文化高等教育中的社会媒体实践与跨文化适应

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102298

Shiyu Cai, Chun Lai

{"title":"Exploring social media practices and cross-cultural adaptation of mobile students in multilingual and multicultural higher education","authors":"Shiyu Cai, Chun Lai","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102298","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>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.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102298"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118589","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}

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“There are rules only for life but not for freedom”: Using photovoice to investigate sense of belonging of young refugees in Germany “只有生活才有规则，没有自由才有规则”：用摄影之声探究德国青年难民的归属感

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International Journal of Intercultural Relations Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102291

Andrea Monika Frisch , Gesa Solveig Duden , Agostino Mazziotta , Anette Rohmann

{"title":"“There are rules only for life but not for freedom”: Using photovoice to investigate sense of belonging of young refugees in Germany","authors":"Andrea Monika Frisch , Gesa Solveig Duden , Agostino Mazziotta , Anette Rohmann","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102291","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102291","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study explores how young refugees experience and create a sense of belonging in Germany, using Photovoice, a community-based participatory action research method.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Twenty-eight young refugees attending an urban secondary school in Germany were invited to take photographs representing their sense of belonging. These photos were discussed collaboratively in group sessions and analyzed using descriptive thematic analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Four key themes were identified: (1) Building Relationships with Germans and Feeling Part of Social Groups, (2) Navigating the Future by Balancing Aspirations with Fears of Exclusion, (3) Embracing Symbols, Values, and Respect for Diversity, and (4) Finding Solace in Nature and Cultural Spaces.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Belonging among young refugees is shaped by complex social, cultural, and spatial dimensions. The findings highlight the importance of fosterig inclusive environments, acknowledging symbolic representations of shared values, and creating inclusive and accessible spaces for connection and emotional restoration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118590","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}

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