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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1487-1502 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Early online date | 2 Aug 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2017 |
Abstract
Two multipart studies (total N = 1,638) were conducted to introduce and test a functional perspective on exploratory cross-cultural contact. Studies 1a and 1b addressed the lack of standardized measures and developed a psychometrically valid inventory of six individual motivational functions: knowledge and understanding, value expression, professional advancement, social development, personal-, and group-image concerns. Studies 2a and 2b produced experimental evidence that different environments offer differing “fulfillment opportunities” such that the motivating potential of a distinct contact function results from a function by environment fit. First, participants were more persuaded by and wanted to visit a cultural center more when it matched their motivational functions (Study 2a). Second, participants showed a preference to choose an intercultural interaction partner with a higher potential over a partner with a lower potential to fulfill their primary cross-cultural contact motivation (Study 2b, preregistered). Theoretical and practical implications of this perspective are discussed.
Keywords
- cross-cultural exploration, functional approach, measurement, xenophilia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
- Social Psychology
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In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 11, 01.11.2017, p. 1487-1502.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological Foundations of Xenophilia
T2 - Understanding and Measuring the Motivational Functions of Exploratory Cross-Cultural Contact
AU - Stürmer, Stefan
AU - Benbow, Alison E.F.
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was made possible by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Grant STU 250/5-1, 2 to Stefan Stürmer.
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