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{"title":"Ethnic diversity and intergroup relations among Nigerian adolescents: Testing intergroup contact and political deliberation theories","authors":"Leila Demarest ,&nbsp;Arnim Langer","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102149","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102149","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study we investigate how local exposure to ethnic diversity is associated with intergroup attitudes and trust among adolescents in Lagos state, Nigeria, a context characterized by political tensions between ethnic groups. Drawing on an original large-scale survey (N = 3118) among final year secondary school students we find that exposure to diversity as such is not associated with stereotyping, but it is positively associated with reduced social distance. Diversity is, however, negatively associated with outgroup trust, ingroup trust, and generalized trust. In line with intergroup contact theory, cross-group friendships are associated with less stereotyping and social distance, and higher outgroup trust. Cross-group friendship also attenuates the negative relation between diversity and generalized trust. In line with political deliberation theory, diversity combined with exposure to political conversations is associated with more positive intergroup attitudes. Political exposure also weakens the negative relation between diversity and generalized trust. Our study contributes to the literature on diversity and its consequences by testing theories from different disciplinary angles (social psychology as well as political science) on multiple attitudinal variables for a unique youth sample in an understudied Sub-Saharan African setting. Our findings support the use of contact and deliberation as policy intervention tools aimed at improving intergroup relations in challenging multi-ethnic environments where diversity has often been associated with negative consequences including violence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intercultural learning and adolescents’ global competence: The mediating effect of self-efficacy","authors":"Qinhui Huang ,&nbsp;Alan C.K. Cheung ,&nbsp;Jie Xu ,&nbsp;Yuxiao Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>School intercultural learning plays a crucial role in fostering students’ global competence. However, the mechanism underlying the relationship remains unclear. To address this gap, this study draws upon a sample of 211,554 students from 26 economies to examine the potential mediating role of self-efficacy in the association between intercultural learning and students’ global competence. The findings reveal a significant mediating effect of self-efficacy, operating at both the individual and school levels, on the relationship between intercultural learning and students’ global competence. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that the mediating effect of individual self-efficacy remains statistically significant regardless of the perceived discriminatory school climate. In contrast, the mediating effect of aggregated self-efficacy is contingent upon the level of discriminatory school climate, significant only under the condition of low discriminatory school climate and non-significant under high discriminatory school climate. Further implications for stakeholders, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102143"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092834","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":"The impact of acculturation and country-of-origin image on emigrants’ purchase intention: A cross-cultural analysis","authors":"Cátia Fernandes Crespo ,&nbsp;Tatiana Velgan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current consumer environment is becoming gradually more diverse and multi-cultural due to increasing emigration flows. To better serve and understand these segments, it is fundamental to comprehend how emigrants’ acculturation levels and ethnocentric behaviours affect consumer behaviour. Drawing on social identity theory and on mindsponge theory, this study’s key research question concerns the effects of both emigrants’ perceptions and judgements towards the home country and of emigrants’ affiliation level with host country culture on consumer behaviour. This study expands the acculturation and consumer behaviour literature by examining how emigrants’ country-of-origin image perceptions and acculturation influence consumer behaviour, assessed through brand identification, perceived quality and purchase intention, considering the moderator effect of consumer ethnocentrism. Although previous literature has explored the role of acculturation on consumer’s purchase intention, this question remains extremely complex. Previous studies suggest that a comparison between countries is helpful to get insights into the role of acculturation on emigrants’ consumer behaviour. However, most of the existing topic-related academic research only collected data from one country. Consequently, the current research focuses on the German, French, and the United Kingdom markets within a cross-cultural comparison that addresses Portuguese emigrants. An online questionnaire collected data from 2103 respondents from the three countries. The statistical analysis was performed with PLS-SEM. The results indicate that although both acculturation and the country-of-origin image affect perceived quality and brand identification, the outcomes of acculturation on consumer behaviour diverge across markets. Furthermore, our results demonstrate the influence of perceived quality and brand identification on consumer purchase intention. The moderator role of ethnocentrism on the influence of acculturation on both brand identification and perceived quality also diverges across markets. The results contribute to the increasing body of research on the effects of the country-of-origin image and acculturation among emigrants’ communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102141"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092833","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":"Measurement invariance of the multigroup ethnic identity scale in elderly population belonging to andean indigenous peoples of northern Chile","authors":"Julio Tereucan-Angulo ,&nbsp;Miguel Galván-Cabello ,&nbsp;Claudio Briceño-Olivera ,&nbsp;Lorena Gallardo-Peralta ,&nbsp;Abel Soto-Higuera","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study evaluated the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measurement (MEIM) scale in the older adult population of the Indigenous Andean peoples of Chile. The sample size was of 978 participants with an average age of 71.14 years. The confirmatory factor analysis technique was used to evaluate the two-factor structure, exploration and affirmation, proposed by previous studies. To this evaluation was added the analysis of invariance, restricting criteria for the five Indigenous Andean people according to the configural, metric and partial scalar level. The results of the study showed these three levels of invariance, which implies that the MEIM provides comparable results among the peoples evaluated. This is relevant because it confirms the evidence of the MEIM as a measurement instrument for ethnic identity, in this case in elderly population, which also allows comparing the construct among the Indigenous Andean peoples of northern Chile.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102139"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143128417","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":"International students’ social contact patterns and their effects on intercultural sensitivity","authors":"Yuwei Liang ,&nbsp;Hanh Pho","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Central to the intercultural experiences of international students is the formation of various social contacts, which play a crucial role in their intercultural development. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to investigate the patterns and functions of social contact among Chinese students at UK universities and their impact on intercultural sensitivity. A self-report survey (<em>N</em> = 102) was utilized to assess both the quantity (amount and frequency) and quality (strength, closeness, and pleasantness) of contacts with three social groups: co-nationals, host nationals, and non-co-nationals, examining their effects on intercultural sensitivity. Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression analyses were employed to examine the relationships among variables. Semi-structured interviews (<em>N</em> = 13) were conducted to further explore the nuances of these relationships and a thematic analysis was carried out. Despite challenges in forming social ties with host nationals, our findings indicate that both the quantity and quality of interactions with host nationals significantly enhance international students’ intercultural sensitivity, especially in the aspects of interaction confidence, engagement, and attentiveness. The study highlights the pivotal role of host nationals in facilitating the intercultural development of international students and calls for institutional and educational practices in UK higher education to promote frequent and meaningful interactions between international students and host nationals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102140"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092939","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":"Undocumented Afghan refugee women’s lived experiences of distress in Iran: A narrative inquiry of social suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Roxana Golmohammad ,&nbsp;Peyman Abkhezr ,&nbsp;Shirin Ahmadnia","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Undocumented Afghan refugee women in Iran face a multitude of challenges amidst the pandemic, deeply rooted in socio-political, economic, and cultural factors. This study explores their lived experiences through a social suffering lens, emphasizing the interplay of trauma, displacement, and systemic injustices. Semi-structured interviews informed by narrative inquiry were used. Participants shared that the pandemic has revived memories of war and displacement, as uncertainties surrounding their legal status and precarious living conditions increased. Gender-based violence, economic exclusion, and heightened emotional distress followed. Despite adversity, narratives also highlight resilience and resistance strategies. This research underscores the urgent need for holistic approaches to address systemic injustices and inform targeted interventions for this vulnerable population. Moving forward, incorporating intersectional and systemic perspectives is essential for fostering a more equitable and inclusive future for all.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102138"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychological health of Afghan refugees: A narrative review of key factors in pre-migration and post-migration","authors":"Arub Ahmad ,&nbsp;Jackson Passage ,&nbsp;Jessi Hanson-DeFusco","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Afghanistan remains a hotspot for civil and international conflict for the last several decades. After the sociopolitical situation worsened with the 2021 Taliban governmental takeover, many Afghan refugees and asylum seekers have experienced extreme violence and death, food insecurity, political-economic instability, and oppression because of the prolonged crises in their home country. These stressors cause many refugees to experience high levels of psychosocial distress that affect them even after successful resettlement. Various host countries attempt to remedy their distress by providing refugees social and economic support, such as welfare provisions. These resources are often costly and provided on a needs-based scale, yet how is need determined or defined? Applying a qualitative narrative review of top-cited literature, this study assesses key factors that can predict psychological distress by identifying the correlation and relationship between pre-migration traumas, post-migration stressors, and demographic categories. The results indicate that culture shock and difficulty adapting to the host country, particularly in the West, are the most notable factors in determining psychological distress in Afghan refugees fleeing the New Taliban regime.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102137"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092933","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":"Cultural identity development in adult forced migrants: The psychometrics of a measure in Arabic, Spanish, and Ukrainian","authors":"Débora B. Maehler ,&nbsp;Nivedita Bhaktha ,&nbsp;Steffen Pötzschke ,&nbsp;Howard Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric equivalence of Arabic-, Spanish-, and Ukrainian-language versions of the Multigroup Ethnic and National Identity Measure (MENI), a measure of cultural identity development comprised of an ethic identity and a national identity scale. The psychometric properties of the three language versions were examined and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to evaluate model fit and test measurement invariance in a sample of adult forced migrants from Syria, Mexico, and Ukraine living in Canada (<em>N</em> = 616). Multigroup CFA provided support for scalar invariance of the ethnic identity scale, allowing meaningful comparisons across the three cultural/language groups. However, the national identity scale demonstrated only configural invariance, suggesting that, although the general structure was consistent, the strength and patterns of relationships differed across groups. The construct and criterion validity of both scales were adequate for assessing identification with the country of origin and the residence country across the three language groups. Based on these findings, we conclude that future research can use the Arabic-, Spanish-, and Ukrainian-language versions of the MENI to assess and compare cultural identity development across these cultural/language groups of adult (forced) migrants, derive identity statuses, and extract acculturation profiles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102134"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How do students develop intercultural competence during international mobility?","authors":"Anne Bartel-Radic ,&nbsp;Alain Cucchi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Developing students’ intercultural competence is a key objective of international mobility programs in higher education. While it is widely accepted that studying abroad enhances students' competencies, little is known about the specific conditions and contexts that promote the development of intercultural competence during these experiences. This study draws on survey data from 499 students across five cohorts from a French higher education institution between 2017 and 2021. The analysis includes three distinct measures of intercultural competence and learning, along with a wide range of variables related to the mobility context, processes, personality traits and students’ previous international experiences. The data were analyzed using an exploratory partial least squares structural equations model (PLS-SEM). The findings suggest that personality traits such as empathy, attributional complexity, and metacognition, positively influence the development of intercultural competence during international mobility. Additionally, encountering difficulties or conflicts positively impacts intercultural competence when students successfully manage to cope with them and overcome negative emotions. Furthermore, perceived learning from the international experience plays a central and mediating role in explaining both intercultural knowledge and ethnorelativism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 102132"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Intercultural mentoring among university students: The importance of meaningful communication” [International Journal of Intercultural Relations 91 (2022) 13–26]","authors":"Shin Pyng Wong ,&nbsp;Siak Bie Soh ,&nbsp;Melissa Ling Lee Wong","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102096"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143092990","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}