Measuring intercultural contact and its effects on intercultural competence: A structural equation modeling approach |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Foreign Languages, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;2. School of Foreign Languages, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China;1. University of Deusto, Spain;2. Glasgow Caledonian University, UK;3. University of Deusto, Spain;1. Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany;2. Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands;3. North–West University, South Africa;4. University of Queensland, Australia;5. Psychiatric Ward, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Germany;1. University of La Verne, 1950 3rd St., La Verne, CA 91750, USA;2. Psychology Department, University of La Verne, 1950 3rd St., La Verne, CA 91750, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study utilizes a structural equation modeling approach to construct a scale to measure Chinese college students’ intercultural contact and to explore the pathways from intercultural contact to intercultural competence and their significance. Through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, the study conducted a series of reliability and validity analyses. The results indicate that the intercultural contact scale for Chinese college students has good reliability and validity. Moreover, a path analysis with the structural equation model was performed and reveals that the pathways of intercultural contact are beneficial for improving Chinese college students’ intercultural competence. In terms of direct contact, domestic social media is the most important, whereas for indirect contact, cultural products are relatively more important than multimedia and courses. The implications for the theoretical development of intercultural contact could be significant for scholars engaged in intercultural communication as well as for planning international education training programs. |
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| Keywords: | Intercultural contact Intercultural competence Pathway Structural equation model |
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