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{"title":"Social connectedness and isolation among East Asian international students: An integrative review of mental health implications","authors":"Boram Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102331","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102331","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This integrative review examines how social connectedness and isolation influence the mental health of East Asian international students in culturally specific ways. While international student well-being has received growing attention, few studies have focused on the emotional, cultural, and institutional dimensions of relational experiences. Drawing on 15 empirical studies published between 2010 and 2025, this review follows Whittemore and Knafl’s integrative methodology and adheres to PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Thematic synthesis revealed four interrelated domains: (1) dimensions of social connectedness, (2) cultural norms and emotional inaccessibility, (3) family expectations and internalized restraint, and (4) coping strategies and resilience pathways. The findings indicate that East Asian students’ psychological well-being is shaped less by the number of social ties and more by their emotional quality, cultural congruence, and institutional accessibility. Many students maintained frequent but emotionally shallow connections due to stigma, interpersonal norms, and mistrust of formal support. This review focuses on undergraduate and graduate students attending universities and four-year colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Cultural norms discouraged emotional disclosure, while family pressures reinforced silence. Informal and culturally familiar strategies were widely used but not always sufficient to address deeper psychological distress. These patterns suggest a need for mental health services that emphasize emotional accessibility, cultural alignment, and institutional trust. This review offers a culturally grounded framework to inform support practices in increasingly internationalized academic contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145579646","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}

{"title":"“You tell yourself, what do I know?”: Cultural competence in social service delivery with the Ethiopian community in Israel","authors":"Netanel Gemara,&nbsp;Hani Nouman,&nbsp;Maya Lidror","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102328","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102328","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social service delivery to families from minority communities presents significant challenges in providing culturally competent care, particularly in sensitive contexts such as Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation Committees (PIECs). These committees address critical family matters, including risk assessments and out-of-home placement decisions, requiring a profound understanding of diverse cultural norms, perspectives, and practices. Research has indicated that social services often struggle to effectively integrate cultural considerations into their interventions, potentially undermining service quality and family engagement. The present study examined how social service professionals in PIECs navigate cultural differences when working with Ethiopian-Israeli families, exploring the challenges and adaptations required for culturally competent practice. A thematic analysis was conducted on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 15 social workers in Israel who participate regularly in PIECs regarding children and their families from the Ethiopian community in Israel. The findings revealed several key cultural domains that shape service delivery and require careful consideration in social work practice, including patriarchal values, use of corporal punishment, embodied bonds, and differing communication styles. These findings highlight the need to build foundational knowledge of cultural competence, improve training programs for social service providers, develop culturally informed strategies, and ensure that practice and service delivery are inclusive and respectful of the cultural identities of minority communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102328"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623973","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}

{"title":"Acculturation domains, drinking motives, and alcohol use and consequences among Asian American university students","authors":"Byron L. Zamboanga ,&nbsp;Lin Tan ,&nbsp;Kathryne Van Hedger ,&nbsp;Derek Heim ,&nbsp;Lindsay S. Ham ,&nbsp;Rebecca L. Monk ,&nbsp;Amie R. Newins ,&nbsp;Jo-Anne Puddephatt ,&nbsp;Su Yeong Kim ,&nbsp;Dennis McChargue","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102325","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102325","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although Asian American (AA) college students tend to exhibit lower prevalence of heavy alcohol use compared to other racial/ethnic groups, excessive alcohol consumption within this population occurs. It has been suggested that U.S. acculturation may be associated with both alcohol use and negative alcohol consequences. Theory and research with other ethnic groups point to the importance of drinking motives in influencing alcohol consumption and consequences. However, the extent to which acculturation is associated with drinking behaviors, particularly when examined simultaneously with drinking motives in a multivariate context has not been delineated among AA college students. Using multivariate modeling techniques with a multisite sample of AA college student drinkers (<em>n</em> = 243), we tested how specific acculturation domains (cultural practices/identity) and drinking motives were associated with alcohol use and negative drinking consequences. Results indicated that higher endorsement of heritage cultural practices was related to less alcohol use but more negative alcohol consequences. These associations remained significant after accounting for drinking motives and known demographic predictors of alcohol use. Higher endorsement of enhancement motives was associated with elevated alcohol use while higher coping-depression motives were related to negative alcohol consequences. Overall, our findings suggest that heritage cultural practice aspects of acculturation are a protective factor against increased alcohol use that may also be a risk factor for negative alcohol consequences among AA students. Further work within AA college student samples and various racial/ethnic groups is recommended to examine the extent to which certain acculturation domains may exert contradictory effects on alcohol consumption and associated consequences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102325"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623975","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}

{"title":"Activation of the culture-transmission motive in immigrants: A factorial survey experiment","authors":"Rainer Reisenzein ,&nbsp;Maria Schmuck ,&nbsp;Irina Mchitarjan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102316","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102316","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>According to the theory of cultural transmission in minorities (Mchitarjan &amp; Reisenzein, 2014a), sociocultural groups desire to maintain their cultural system and transmit it to the next generation. We report a factorial survey experiment that tested a central assumption of the theory: The culture-transmission motive is activated by perceived threats to cultural transmission and motivates pedagogical actions designed to cope with those threats. Young adults imagined that they decided to emigrate to a fictitious country with their partner and child. The degree of threat to cultural transmission was manipulated by varying the description of the immigration country on six dimensions representing favorable or unfavorable conditions for cultural transmission, while the strength of the participants’ culture-transmission motive was measured. As predicted, (1) obstacles to cultural transmission (e.g., different values and norms) increased participants’ anxiety about losing the culture of origin and their intentions (behavioral self-predictions) to engage in culture-preserving actions (e.g., living cultural values in the family); (2) the effects of the obstacles generally increased with the strength of the culture-transmission motive; (3) the combined effects of obstacles and the culture-transmission motive on intentions to engage in culture-preserving actions were partly mediated by anxiety about the loss of culture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145579717","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}

{"title":"Acculturative stress and social isolation in multicultural adolescents: A moderated mediation model of social withdrawal and in-school support","authors":"Woo Gwan Jo ,&nbsp;Joseph Ahn ,&nbsp;Wonjong Horace Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102324","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102324","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines a key psychological mechanism linking acculturative stress to social isolation among multicultural adolescents in South Korea, conceptualizing the mediating role of social withdrawal and the moderating role of in-school support resources. Data from the fifth wave of the Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (MAPS) was collected from 1842 multicultural adolescents residing in South Korea. A moderated mediation model was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results indicated that social withdrawal partially mediated the relationship between acculturative stress and social isolation. While an initial direct relationship between stress and isolation was observed, the primary association of acculturative stress in the full model operated indirectly through social withdrawal. Prominently, this mediation pathway was moderated by in-school support resources. These findings highlight social withdrawal as a key pathway through which acculturative stress is positively linked to isolation. Moreover, they demonstrate that in-school support resources can serve as a critical protective factor, buffering the detrimental outcomes of this process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102324"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145468672","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}

{"title":"Emotional foundations of refugee policy support: The role of threats and emotions towards refugees","authors":"Zafer Ozkan ,&nbsp;Małgorzata Kossowska ,&nbsp;Ewa Szumowska ,&nbsp;Jolanta Perek-Białas ,&nbsp;Paulina Szwed","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102326","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102326","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current study investigates the relationship between fear of war and perceived intergroup threats and their influence on public support for refugee policies in Poland, within the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, we explored how empathic concern and hostile emotions toward refugees relate to fear of war, perceived threats, and policy support. Participants completed psychometric measures assessing fear of war, perceptions of symbolic and realistic threats, empathic concern, hostile emotions, and support for policies concerning Ukrainian war refugees. Findings revealed that empathic concern strengthens the connection between fear of war and support for refugee policies, offering critical insights into the emotional mechanisms shaping public attitudes. Conversely, symbolic threats are associated with diminished policy support through both lower empathic concern and heightened hostile emotions, while realistic threats show no significant association. This research deepens our understanding of how various forms of fear and threat perception, alongside emotional responses felt towards refugees influence refugee policy support, emphasizing the importance of context-sensitive strategies in policy development to address these complex dynamics effectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145527485","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}

{"title":"How group identification shapes the impact of perceived discrimination on secessionist attitudes among Anglophone Cameroonians","authors":"Elvis Nshom","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102322","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102322","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ongoing Anglophone conflict in Cameroon represents one of the most protracted and complex political crises in sub-Saharan Africa. While the conflict has been widely examined from political and historical perspectives, limited attention has been paid to the psychological mechanisms underlying Anglophone support for secession. Guided by the rejection-identification model, rejection-disidentification model, and relative deprivation theory, this study investigates how perceived discrimination, at both the personal and group levels, influences support for secession among Anglophone Cameroonians, and whether ingroup identification mediates these relationships. Data was collected through an online survey of 314 Anglophone participants. Results revealed that both perceived personal and group discrimination significantly predicted support for secession, with no meaningful difference between the two predictors. Ingroup identification was found to be positively related to both forms of perceived discrimination and to partially mediate their effects on support for secession. These findings suggest that experiences of discrimination, whether personal or collective, strengthen identification with the Anglophone community, which in turn fosters support for political separation. The study extends the rejection-identification framework to a novel socio-political context, highlighting the psychological dimensions of secessionist attitudes and underscoring the need to address perceived discrimination at both the individual and collective levels in efforts toward conflict resolution in Cameroon.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102322"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145527486","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}

{"title":"What kind of emotional intelligence enhances what kind of cultural intelligence: Analysis using emotional and cultural intelligence facets of expatriates","authors":"Keisuke Kokubun ,&nbsp;Kiyotaka Nemoto ,&nbsp;Yoshinori Yamakawa","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102332","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102332","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the increase in international immigration for the purposes of overseas assignments and study abroad, emotional intelligence (EQ) and cultural intelligence (CQ), which are known as predictors of cross-cultural adjustment, are receiving increasing attention. However, very few studies have used both, especially their aspects, simultaneously, so the relationship between them is unclear. Considering that CQ is a capability mainly enhanced in cross-cultural environments, while EQ is an ability that can be strengthened in domestic environments, it makes sense to consider EQ as a predictor of CQ and analyze the relationship between the two. In this study, structural equation modeling analysis using data on the attitudes of 184 expatriates working for Japanese subsidiaries in the United States and East Asian countries revealed significant positive correlations between Others' Emotional Appraisal EQ and Motivational CQ and Behavioral CQ, between Self-Emotional Appraisal EQ and Metacognitive CQ, and between Use of Emotion EQ and Regulation of Emotion EQ and Motivational CQ. This is the first study to clarify the relationship between EQ and CQ facets. The results of this study may be useful for developing future training and selection methods, predicting what CQ people with a specific EQ are likely to improve, or for considering what EQ should be improved to improve the specific CQ required in the field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102332"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623974","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}

{"title":"From symbolic violence to structural exclusion: The multidimensional nature of Islamophobia in Europe","authors":"Tahir Abbas,&nbsp;May Tamimova,&nbsp;Paul K. Wabnitz,&nbsp;Irene Trebeschi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102327","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102327","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Amid growing concerns over rising religious tensions and anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe, this study develops and validates a robust Islamophobia Index to systematically measure experiences of discrimination among Muslim communities. Leveraging survey data from 3598 respondents (including 466 Muslims) across Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Italy, confirmatory factor analysis validated a three-factor structure for the Islamophobia Index, comprising Experiential Violence, Perceived Negativity, and Global Event Impacts. The index demonstrated metric invariance across Belgium, Germany, and Spain (N = 444 analysis sample), supporting its utility for cross-national comparisons. Regression analyses indicate systemic exclusion; perceived global event impacts emerged as a significant statistical predictor of both experiential violence and perceived negativity. Experiences were also found to vary with demographic factors such as age and income in certain models. While specific hypothesised intersectional effects (e.g., gender with religious identification) were not statistically significant in the tested models, the research illustrates the value of considering compounded vulnerabilities. The validated three-factor Islamophobia Index provides a nuanced quantitative measure capable of capturing both overt prejudice and perceptions of structural discrimination. By bridging critical theory with empirical rigour, this research points to the need for transnational, intersectional policy frameworks to dismantle institutionalised religious marginalisation and foster inclusive societies across Europe.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 102327"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145623976","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}

{"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 ,&nbsp;Esin Yılmaz Koğar ,&nbsp;Ahmet Metin ,&nbsp;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}