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{"title":"(In)visible harm: Microaggressions and blatant discrimination within the psychological acculturation process of immigrant women in a post-colonial context","authors":"Elena Piccinelli ,&nbsp;Christin-Melanie Vauclair ,&nbsp;Maksim Rudnev","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102307","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102307","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study examines the unique effects of perceived subtle discrimination (microaggressions) and blatant discrimination on the psychological (mental health, self-esteem), sociocultural (navigating everyday life), and cognitive (social identity) adaptation outcomes of first-generation immigrant women in Portugal. Additionally, we explore the role of different microaggression dimensions, acculturation orientations, and neuroticism in predicting adaptation outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data were gathered over two time points, 9–12 months apart, from immigrant women born in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. Using T1 data (<em>N</em> = 690, <em>M</em>_<em>age</em> = 36.34, <em>SD</em> = 9.11), we ran stepwise regression models to examine the association between microaggressions and blatant discrimination with adaptation outcomes. Then, we computed three cross-lagged panel models (<em>N</em> = 135, <em>M</em>_<em>age</em> = 38.04, <em>SD</em> = 9.07) to establish longitudinal relations among these variables. Lastly, we examined the association between microaggressions dimensions, acculturation orientations, and adaptation outcomes, via three mediation path models using T1 data.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Cross-sectional analyses showed that experiences of microaggressions were associated with decreased mental health and self-esteem, increased sociocultural difficulties, and ethnic ingroup identification, over and above the effect of blatant discrimination and neuroticism. Longitudinal results partially supported these findings, indicating that microaggressions (but not blatant discrimination) positively predicted sociocultural difficulties and neuroticism over time. Lastly, microaggressions dimensions showed different associations with adaptation outcomes, while we did not find evidence for the mediating role of acculturation orientations.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Although seemingly innocuous, microaggressions are an important factor affecting immigrant women’s adaptation to the receiving society and should be further studied in post-colonial contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362486","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":"Exploring anti-Black racism and mental health equity in Canada: A scoping review of current literature","authors":"Joseph Adu ,&nbsp;Josephine Pui-Hing Wong ,&nbsp;Priscilla Boakye ,&nbsp;Mark F. Owusu ,&nbsp;Egbe B. Etowa ,&nbsp;Sebastian Gyamfi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102308","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Good mental health is a basic human right. Intrinsically, mental health is an essential part of the overall health of individuals in their quest to participate in activities within their environment. We examined empirical evidence on anti-Black racism and mental health in Black families and communities in Canada; and the extent to which anti-Black racism impacts the mental health of Black Canadians. We conducted a scoping review using five databases: Medline, PsycINFO, ProQuest Sociological Abstract, Google Scholar, and Google from 2013 to 2023 to understand the depth of empirical data on the subject matter in Canada. We used the methodological frameworks for scoping reviews by Arksey and O’Malley and Lavec and colleagues. Our review identified 17 empirical studies that produced four overarching themes— racial discrimination and mental health outcomes, racism-induced perceptions, everyday challenges, and systemic disparities. Racism and discrimination were acknowledged as direct and indirect barriers to mental health care, and with negative impacts that include early traumatic experiences for Black people. Addressing the mental health impacts of anti-Black racism requires further research and a coordinated multi-level approach to implementing policies that focus on the individual, community, and societal levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145320327","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 paradox of cultural similarity: Teacher adaptation through the lens of linguistic, ethical, cultural, and historical friction","authors":"Yishu Li ,&nbsp;Yongjian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102295","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102295","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the paradox of cultural similarity in the adaptation of Chinese language teachers in South Korea. Although linguistic overlap and shared Confucian heritage initially suggest smooth integration, the analysis reveals that these perceived affinities often mask deeper institutional, ethical, cultural, and historical divergences. Guided by the LECH framework—covering Linguistic, Ethical, Cultural, and Historical dimensions—and adopting a qualitative multi-case research design, the study identifies recurrent forms of cultural friction, ranging from pragmatic misalignments in honorific usage to ethical dilemmas, ritual discontinuities, and contested interpretations of historical legacy. Findings show that assumed proximity reduces adaptive vigilance, engendering identity ambiguity and emotional strain. These results indicate that cultural similarity generates recursive frictions across the LECH dimensions. Building on this, the study reframes cultural proximity as a distinct site of vulnerability, and further argues for embedding ethical cognitive flexibility and scenario-based training in teacher preparation, thereby contributing to theoretical advancement in cross-cultural adaptation research while providing practical guidance for supporting expatriate educators in high-similarity environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102295"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145096219","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":"Ethnicity and worldviews associated with attributing responsibility for COVID-19 to people of Asian descent: Evidence from Canada","authors":"Elcin Ray-Yol ,&nbsp;Saghar Chahar Mahali ,&nbsp;Michael H. Bond ,&nbsp;Saba Safdar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102290","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Across the world, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has intensified stigmatization and discrimination against various ethnic groups, especially people of Asian descent. The present study explored the factors associated with attributing responsibility for COVID-19 to Asians among European Canadians and Asian residents of Canada. Specifically, we explored the role of religiosity, fate control, taking precautionary measures, reported life changes due to COVID-19, and ethnicity in attributing responsibility for COVID-19 to people of Asian descent. A sample of 277 participants residing in Canada (<em>M</em>_age = 31.16, <em>SD</em> = 5.87) completed an online survey. Results indicated that Asian residents in Canada rather than European Canadians and being male were associated with attributing responsibility for COVID-19 to Asians. A stronger belief in fate control, having made greater life changes, and having taken fewer precautionary measures against COVID-19 were associated with higher levels of attributing COVID-19 responsibility to Asians. Findings offer important insights regarding the negative stereotypes and biases that emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which can be used to promote awareness that ensures communities come together in the face of similar future challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145096218","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 strength of weak ties in shaping attitudes toward interfaith marriage: Muslim migrants in Western Europe","authors":"Tolga Tezcan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102288","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102288","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the “strength of weak ties” argument in the formation of interfaith marriage attitudes. Based on the EURISLAM survey data collected from Muslim migrants residing in six Western European countries, the analyses suggest that both strong and weak ties with natives are positively associated with the likelihood of interfaith marriage approval. However, strong and weak ties are not equally influential when they interact with each other. The results reveal a paradox: the positive effect of strong ties becomes more pronounced only when accompanied by weak ties. In the absence of weak ties, an increase in strong ties is associated with a decrease in interfaith marriage approval, which highlights the significance of tie composition in shaping attitudes toward interfaith marriage and supports the “strength of weak ties” argument. Finally, ties are context-dependent function of network composition, individual characteristics, and the countries where migrants settle.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102288"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144988893","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":"Labelling, hypersexualisation, and labour market exclusion: Understanding the socioeconomic integration of female Venezuelan migrants in Colombia","authors":"Carlos Iglesias Vergara","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102313","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102313","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article examines how the process of labelling shapes the economic and social integration of Venezuelan migrant women in Colombia. Drawing on Howard Becker's Labelling theory and applying it to migration studies, the paper argues that institutional and cultural labels, such as 'irregular' and 'unqualified' migrant, as well as '<em>veneca</em>’ and 'sex worker', create systemic barriers that constrain Venezuelan women's livelihood options and consolidate social stigma. Using the Free Association Narrative Interview Methodology, two rounds of interviews were conducted with ten female Venezuelan migrants aged 20–52 and from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, who do sex work, for a total of nineteen interviews. Findings reveal how gendered labels produce forms of social and economic exclusion that block access to formal labour markets, leading to unemployment and deskilling. This process often funnels women into informal and stigmatised work and leaves them isolated from their friends and families. Peer networks of other Venezuelan migrants serve as crucial mediating mechanisms facilitating entry into sex work while also providing mutual aid and collective resilience. Participants' accounts demonstrate how labelling operates as a self-fulfilling prophecy, creating conditions where migrant women's income-generating alternatives are severely constrained, ultimately channelling them into sex work, an outcome that further reinforces the original stigmatising labels in a cyclical process of marginalisation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362483","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":"Conflicting identities and labour market outcomes of minorities: Evidence from Arabs in Israel","authors":"Ilan Shdema ,&nbsp;Yaron Mor ,&nbsp;Hisham M. Abu-Rayya","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102309","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102309","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the associations between conflicting identities of ethnic minorities and labour market outcomes, focusing on Arabs in Israel. The case is instructive and different from most minority groups due to the profound contradiction between Arabs’ national-Palestinian identity and their civic-Israeli identity, stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Previous studies have mainly examined employment participation, often overlooking quality measures and employment locations – predominantly majority of minorities areas. Using survey data from 552 Arab citizens of Israel, findings reveal that Israeli identity is positively associated with employment probability, while Palestinian identity does not. Regarding employment quality, both identities, as well as their interaction, are associated with higher income, highlighting the labour market advantages of a bicultural identity. However, Israeli identity is linked to less prestigious positions, while Palestinian identity has no significant impact on prestige or rank. Additionally, the study uncovers distinct identity dynamics in predominantly Arab versus Jewish work environments. Most notably is that while in predominantly Jewish areas the studied identities are not associated career advancement represented in rank, in Arab vicinities both identities are associated with higher rank. The findings are discussed in the contexts of discrimination, social categorization and bi-cultural identities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362484","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":"Biculturals’ personal value change in everyday intercultural movements","authors":"Anat Bardi ,&nbsp;Jessica Rea ,&nbsp;Liat Levontin","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102312","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102312","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Acculturation includes value change, but what happens to the values of bicultural individuals who experience everyday intercultural moves between life contexts? We examined this question in two field studies complemented by an interview study that probed for awareness of the phenomenon. In Studies 1 and 2, students rated their values once in an individualistic life setting (the university library) and once in a life setting collectivistic for biculturals (their parental home), thinking that the double rating is intended to help develop a values questionnaire. Study 1 included participants who were bicultural all their lives and compared them to mono-cultural participants. Mono-culturals’ values were stable across life contexts but biculturals’ values changed to fit the cultural context. Study 2 included only bicultural students and tested whether the effect holds also for those who became bicultural later in life. We found the effect consistently in those who were bicultural by school age. Study 3 found that most bicultural participants were unaware that their values change across life contexts. Study 1 also included a measure of self-reported value-expressive behavior and found the same shift in behavior more in bicultural students than in mono-cultural students. In Study 1, we also found that in a sample with many bicultural participants, values related to value-expressive behaviors only if measured in the same life context. Our research suggests that bicultural people may have flexible values systems, with implications for theory on values, values change, and intercultural adaptation. We discuss implications for education and for value measurement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102312"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145324767","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":"A cross-cultural alternative to demand-withdraw in interpersonal conflict: Effects of the caring-insist response for Chinese and American relationships","authors":"Susan L. Kline ,&nbsp;Wen Song ,&nbsp;Leah Lindemeyer","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102305","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102305","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since the demand-withdraw conflict pattern is associated with negative relationship outcomes in many countries, testing constructive alternatives could provide cross-cultural knowledge about conflict management, including for those involved in intercultural relationships. This study tests if an alternative called the caring-insist response (CIR) is related to better relationship outcomes than the demand-withdraw (DW) pattern among Chinese and American adults. Using a multiple goals communication perspective, we examined if participants' perceptions of instrumental task aims, face needs, and interactants’ identity aims mediate relationships between the two interaction types and positive relationship outcomes. In an online questionnaire, Chinese and US adults (n = 508) evaluated an interaction vignette that varied in conflict pattern (CIR or DW) and relationship type (married or dating). Participants saw both interaction types as prevalent, with the CIR pattern linked to higher relationship satisfaction and commitment than the DW pattern, and with effects higher for Chinese than American participants. For US adults, interaction type and relationship satisfaction was mediated by positive face wants and responders’ identity aims; interaction type and relationship commitment was mediated by perceived task effectiveness, positive face wants and responders’ identity aims. For Chinese adults, interaction type and relationship satisfaction was mediated by task effectiveness and positive face wants; interaction type and relationship commitment was mediated only by positive face wants, an effect stronger for Chinese than for American adults. Implications for further study of the CIR as part of an integrative conflict style are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145324764","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":"To re-root or not to re-root after migration? Longitudinal effects of transnational friendship on immigrants' life satisfaction through acculturative processes","authors":"Anaïs Héritier ,&nbsp;Antoine Roblain ,&nbsp;Emanuele Politi ,&nbsp;Eva G.T. Green","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102276","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102276","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In today’s hyper-connected global landscape, immigrants often maintain ties with their country of origin upon relocation. This study integrates a transnational framework into acculturation research to predict immigrants’ life satisfaction over time. Addressing the need for robust longitudinal evidence, we use three waves of data from the Migration-Mobility Survey (MMS) with working immigrants in Switzerland (N = 1291 longitudinal panel) and employ Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPM). This approach allows us to elucidate the impact of transnational ties on receiving culture adoption and origin culture maintenance, and their subsequent effects on life satisfaction, while crucially distinguishing within-person changes from stable between-person differences. RI-CLPM analyses reveal that stronger transnational ties (proportion of origin friends) negatively predict subsequent within-person changes in receiving culture adoption. Regarding life satisfaction, origin culture maintenance remains high and stable across waves but shows no significant longitudinal effect. Receiving culture adoption displays complex dynamics: while positively related to life satisfaction between individuals, within-person increases in adoption significantly predict small decreases in subsequent life satisfaction, highlighting a divergence from traditional cross-lagged findings. These results underscore the complex, dynamic nature of socio-cultural re-rooting and demonstrate the critical importance of separating within- and between-person effects in acculturation research. Practically, fostering local friendship opportunities appears key for immigrant well-being, while origin culture maintenance persists independently.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 102276"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145324765","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}