Showing papers in "International Journal of Intercultural Relations in 2021"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the COVID-19 pandemic's total cases and selected European countries' cultural dimension scores as data to determine whether cultural differences among countries have an impact on their fight against outbreaks.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) technology as an innovative learning platform in developing intercultural competence, including intercultural knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the psychological and socio-cultural adaptation processes of Syrian refugees in Turkey using semi-structured, face-to-face, in-depth interviews among 15 participants.

TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis of intergroup contact on the basis of Allport's optimal conditions for reducing prejudice by interpersonal contact was conducted. And the results showed that the induced contact focused on cooperation but not for support of the interaction by an authority figure or the presence of common goals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated experiences of perceived discrimination related to COVID-19 and its socio-cultural correlates in a culturally diverse sample of adults in Quebec (Canada) and found that participants of East-Asian descent and essential workers were more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnicity and occupation, respectively.

TL;DR: This paper explored the trajectory of how international students of Chinese origin transcend their identities and build intercultural identities during their higher education study in China and found that for students to adapt to Chinese culture it is crucial to encourage them to mitigate language barriers, awake cultural memories, consolidate values, expand educational exchanges, and continue to improve international understanding and broad recognition from an intercultural perspective.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between sojourners' self-reports of social support from the three sources and two psychological adaptation variables (i.e., anxiety and well-being) as well as the moderating effect of objective cultural distance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measure intercultural competence (awareness) of tourism and hospitality employees who tend to be in continuous interaction with intercultural customers by comparing results of a self-report awareness test/scale with the results of knowledge-based test.

TL;DR: The authors provide recommendations for the next generation of acculturation research, emphasizing primarily the need for experimental and longitudinal studies, and provide evidence for causal inferences between constructs in the context of intercultural contact.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the quality of instrumentation designed to measure individuals' capabilities for living and working successfully in cross-cultural contexts and find that convergent validity was generally good across instruments and most showed reasonable criterion validity.

TL;DR: In this article, a personality assessment of white majority-group members living in the U.S. was carried out and four acculturation clusters emerged, resembling strategies commonly observed among minority groups: marginalization, separation, integration and a diffuse strategy.

TL;DR: There is an urgent call for cross- and intercultural scholars to re-examine many of the related themes and classic or contemporary study areas of “intercultural communication” and ‘intercultural relations’ in light of the impacts that the novel coronal (COVID-19) pandemic is having on human interaction both across and within the authors' social-cultural contexts.

TL;DR: This paper conducted a comparative survey-based study with a sample of young Slovak adults (N = 873) to compare evaluations of three commonly used migrant categorizations in Slovakia on multiple attitudinal and behavioural measures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the psychological impacts of COVID-19 related stressors -resource loss and perceived discrimination on Syrian refugees in Turkey, and the buffering role of perceived social support against the detrimental impacts of such stressors was examined.

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of empathy for outgroup helping, collective action and political activism among youth in Northern Ireland, a setting of protracted conflict was examined, and the findings suggest that youth not only volunteer to help an individual outgroup member, but also support broader structural and cultural change that will benefit those they may never meet.

TL;DR: The authors explored the influence of international destinations on student experiences and learning outcomes in study abroad by comparing outcomes across international tracks within a common global program and found that although the cultural distance between the United States and the host culture appears to influence students' experiences, several other factors such as the presence of a foreign language and visible historical environment are also important to consider.

TL;DR: This paper explored English host country nationals' globalisation-based proximal-acculturation, the extent to which they prefer to adopt aspects of immigrants' cultures and/or maintain their national culture.

TL;DR: The authors argue that intergroup contact with disadvantaged group members may motivate advantaged group members' willingness to engage in collective action through the mediating pathway of communication about group differences in power during contact.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test acculturative stress, hybrid identity styles, and their interaction effects as predictors of psychosocial functioning over a 12-day period among Hispanic American university students.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the mental health of Middle Eastern male unaccompanied refugee adolescents in Germany in relation to the mental well-being of accompanied refugee peers, first-and second-generation immigrant and native peers.

TL;DR: This article examined the importance of language and social identity of Macao Chinese (N = 102; 50 males, Mage = 20.1) transitioning to universities in Mainland China and found that Chinese national identity and perceived Mandarin language proficiency were positively associated with each other, but they were linked to cultural adaptation through different paths.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional, comparative, descriptive study was conducted to determine cultural sensitivities and attitudes towards refugees of Turkish nursing students and clarify factors affecting these relationships, finding that there was a positive relationship between total scores of culturally sensitive and attitudes toward refugee.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined two types of outgroups that might be at risk of becoming victims of intergroup hostility: the "ultimate scapegoat" outgroup which has a long history of negative relations with the ingroup and the "context-dependent outgroup" which is viewed as an outgroup only in certain contexts.

TL;DR: This paper examined the extent to which the stressor of premature forced reentry from studying abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic was predictive of stress-related compromised mental health (i.e., perceived stress and loneliness) into the subsequent academic year.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors rigorously test previous theoretical propositions that people tend to have consensual and cumulative rankings of exclusion of ethnic and religious outgroups, often referred to as "ethnic hierarchies" constituting a shared and particular pattern of ranking different outgroups.

TL;DR: The authors found that polyculturalism has both positive and negative associations with eudaimonic well-being for those who endorse this ideology and suggest the increasing relevance of polycultures for Australians and the need for further research.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review was conducted on the literature of empirical research on Third Culture Kids (TCKs), defined as those who have accompanied their parents for work or study overseas during their significant developmental years, before 18.

TL;DR: Understanding cultural stress among Latino adolescents provides valuable insight for future interventions to offset negative health outcomes associated with cultural stress, and the current U.S. political rhetoric surrounding immigration.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the extent to which a cohort of first year undergraduate students enrolled on the same Didactics course, and in two different training modalities (SL and non-SL) developed Intercultural Sensitivity (IS) as a key competence in an increasingly multicultural society.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that voluntary language programs may foster inclusion of Polish migrants in the Dutch healthcare system and reduce the need migrants perceive to seek care in their country of origin.