@article{Leanza:15270,
      recid = {15270},
      author = {Leanza, Yvan and Bernard, Gabriel and Demers, Valérie and  Brisset, Camille and Yampolsky, Maya and Jones-Lavallée,  Ahisha and Arsenault, Stéphanie and Giroux, Dominique and  Gagnon, Raymonde and Gulfi, Alida and Kühne, Nicolas and  Tétreault, Sylvie},
      title = {Cultural competence, acculturation orientations, and  attachment dimensions in future social workers and  occupational therapists before entering these professions :  a comparative study},
      publisher = {Elsevier},
      journal = {International journal of intercultural relations},
      address = {Amsterdam. 2024-12},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {15 p.},
      abstract = {The paper discusses the importance of considering  diversity in public institutions and the need for  intercultural training for practitioners. It emphasizes the  psychological characteristics essential for dealing with  diversity, focusing on multicultural personality traits,  host community acculturation orientations, and adult  attachment. The study aims to assess these psychological  characteristics in future social workers and occupational  therapists across three settings (France, n=273, Quebec,  n=63, and Switzerland, n=66) before their integration  internships. It is expected that certain personality  profiles will be associated with favorable acculturation  orientations and secure attachment, while others will be  linked to less welcoming acculturation orientations and  insecure attachment. Participants completed the  Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQF), the Host  Community Acculturation Scale (HCAS) and the Revised Adult  Attachment Scale (R-AAS). Analysis methods include  hierarchical cluster analysis on the MPQF to identify  intercultural personality profiles and subsequent ANOVAs to  explore associations with acculturation orientations and  attachment dimensions. Four multicultural personality  profiles are identified: considerate (open and attentive),  adaptive (handling new situations well), maladaptive (low  scores on all traits, uncomfortable in intercultural  situations), and reticent (reserved in intercultural  encounters). Specific profiles align with distinct  acculturation orientations, such as the considerate profile  with a rejection of exclusion. Additionally, the adaptive  profile displays consistently low anxiety levels. The study  highlights that a significant proportion of students (40%  to 60%) may lack competence in intercultural contexts. It  questions the adequacy of intercultural training in  curricula and emphasizes the need for further research on  the impact of such training on students’ competence in  handling diversity.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15270},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102113},
}