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Faktorska struktura skale interkulturalne osjetljivosti
Factor Structure of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale

Author(s): Kristijan B. Popović
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Sociology
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: intercultural sensitivity; students; factor structure; factor dimensions;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the factor structure of Chen and Starost’s self-descriptive scale of intercultural sensitivity. The applied scale was based on the self-assessments of 24attitudes with a five-point Likert scale. A group examination was performed on 621 students in the final grades of primary school. Factor analysis isolated five factors that include students’ intercultural sensitivity: interaction enjoyment, interaction confidence, interaction attentiveness, respect of cultural differences, and interaction engagement. The scale is solidly represented by the main components that explain the variance with 49.18% of the examined phenomenon. The reliability coefficient of the scale on our sample is acceptable and amounts to α=0.820. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sample adequacy index had an index value of K=0.85, and the Bartlett sphericity test was statistically significant χ2=3684,968;df=276; p <.000. The analysis of results showed the need for further improvement of the scale, and the research certainly represents a modest standardization to the validation of the intercultural sensitivity scale, and we point out the applicability and usefulness of Chen and Starost intercultural sensitivity scale on different samples.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2021
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 185-200
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian
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