RT Journal Article
T1 Intercultural sensitivity among university students: measurement of the construct and its relationship with international mobility programmes
T2 Sensibilidad intercultural de los estudiantes universitarios: medición del constructo y su relación con los programas de movilidad internacional
A1 Rodríguez-Izquierdo, Rosa M.
K1 Intercultural sensitivity
K1 Psychometric properties
K1 Inventory
K1 Mobility programmes
K1 University students
AB The purpose of this study was to validate the IDI (InterculturalDevelopment Inventory) and to assess the impact of international mobilityprogrammes on the intercultural sensitivity of university students. For this, aquasi-experimental study was carried out using a longitudinal design of repeatedpre-test and post-test measures, with an experimental group of students whocarried out international mobility programmes and a control group of studentswho did not. The sample consisted of 3,047 university students. The inventoryyielded a five-factor structure (negation/defence, minimization, reversion, acceptance/adaptation and encapsulated marginality) with alpha coefficients rangingfrom .82 to .91, revealing adequate reliability and validity. The results indicate theeffectiveness of the IDI to measure intercultural sensitivity. Although the post-testscores are higher than the pre-test scores for both groups, there are significantdifferences in favour of the experimental group (p = .000) in all factors except thenegation/defence stage. The conclusions focus on the implications of this studyfor curriculum development and policy at an educational level.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1578-4118
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5414
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/5414
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NO Cultura y Educación / Culture and Education
NO Educación y Psicología Social
DS RIO
RD May 24, 2026