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Ying Shan Doris Zhang; Kimberly A. Noels – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Based on discussions of cultural empathy in intercultural communication and counselling and multicultural psychology, this paper presents a model and a measure of cultural empathy suited for a broad range intercultural interactions -- the Intercultural Empathy Index (IEI). We examined the IEI's psychometric properties via two studies involving…
Descriptors: Empathy, Intercultural Communication, Counseling, Psychology
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Rosenberg, Katharina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
In conversations between immigrants and officials, problems of understanding are often noticeable. About 280 recordings realised at the Argentine Aliens' Department and at several public authorities in Germany show that knowledge divergences regarding linguistic, cultural and institutional knowledge result in (sometimes grave) difficulties of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
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Armour, William S. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Addresses two issues within a general theory of cross-cultural adaption. One concerns the extent to which cross-cultural adaption is activated by the ability to make meaning in Japanese as a foreign language; the second investigated the phenomenon of identity slippage. Six life histories of informants who had learned Japanese after age 11 are used…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
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Hewstone, M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Discusses intergroup relations, focusing on three issues: the social psychology of intergroup relations; the value of a cross-cultural perspective; and the contributions of this issue of the "Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development." (SED)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Field Studies
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Willemyns, Michael; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
This study examined the perceived ethnolinguistic vitality of Anglo-Australian and Vietnamese-Australian ethnic groups in Brisbane as measured by the modified Subjective Vitality Questionnaire (SVQ). Results of the confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the applicability of the SVQ to both high and low vitality groups. (30 references)…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences