TY - GEN AB - 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. AD - School of Psychology, Université Laval AD - School of Psychology, Université Laval AD - a School of Psychology, Université Laval AD - Laboratory of Psychology (LabPsy), University of Bordeaux AD - School of Psychology, Université Laval AD - School of Psychology, Université Laval AD - School of Social Work and Criminology, Université Laval AD - Department of Rehabilitation, Université Laval AD - Department of Midwifery, University of Québec in Trois-Rivières AD - Haute école de travail social HETS Fribourg, HES-SO AD - Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne (HETSL), HES-SO AD - author AU - Leanza, Yvan AU - Bernard, Gabriel AU - Demers, Valérie AU - Brisset, Camille AU - Yampolsky, Maya AU - Jones-Lavallée, Ahisha AU - Arsenault, Stéphanie AU - Giroux, Dominique AU - Gagnon, Raymonde AU - Gulfi, Alida AU - Kühne, Nicolas AU - Tétreault, Sylvie CY - Amsterdam DA - 2024-12 DO - 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102113 DO - DOI EP - 102113 ID - 15270 JF - International journal of intercultural relations KW - Santé KW - Travail social KW - cultural competence KW - diversity KW - diversity training KW - multicultural personality KW - health personnel L1 - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15270/files/Gulfi_2025_cultural_competence_acculturation_orientations_and_attachment_dimensions.pdf L2 - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15270/files/Gulfi_2025_cultural_competence_acculturation_orientations_and_attachment_dimensions.pdf L4 - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15270/files/Gulfi_2025_cultural_competence_acculturation_orientations_and_attachment_dimensions.pdf LA - eng LK - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15270/files/Gulfi_2025_cultural_competence_acculturation_orientations_and_attachment_dimensions.pdf N2 - 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. PB - Elsevier PP - Amsterdam PY - 2024-12 SN - 0147-1767 SP - 102113 T1 - Cultural competence, acculturation orientations, and attachment dimensions in future social workers and occupational therapists before entering these professions :a comparative study TI - Cultural competence, acculturation orientations, and attachment dimensions in future social workers and occupational therapists before entering these professions :a comparative study UR - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/15270/files/Gulfi_2025_cultural_competence_acculturation_orientations_and_attachment_dimensions.pdf VL - 2025 Y1 - 2024-12 ER -