Empathic Tendency, Majority Culture Representation, and Political Conservatism as Predictors of Intercultural Sensitivity

Ferat Yılmaz; Hanifi Şekerci; M. Cihangir Doğan

doi:10.36923/jicc.v18i3.769

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Ferat Yılmaz ⁽¹⁾ , Hanifi Şekerci ⁽²⁾ , M. Cihangir Doğan ⁽³⁾

1. Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey

2. Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey

3. Atatürk Faculty of Education, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey

https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v18i3.769

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018)

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2017 February 20

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2018 November 10

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intercultural sensitivity, empathy, majority culture, political conservatism

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Abstract

This study aims to determine the variables capable of predicting the concept of intercultural sensitivity. For this reason, it uses correlational survey model. The participants in this study were the prospective primary school teachers studying in Dicle and Marmara Universities in Turkey. This study employed basically three tools for data collection-namely- Personal Information Form, Empathetic Tendency Scale, and Intercultural Sensitivity Scale. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was employed to analyze the data obtained in this study. According to the results obtained in this research, individuals’ empathetic, sympathetic and egocentric tendencies, their properties representing the majority culture, and their levels of political conservatism account for 23.8% of their levels of intercultural sensitivity.

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Authors

Ferat Yılmaz

ferat.yilmaz@dicle.edu.tr (Primary Contact)

Hanifi Şekerci

M. Cihangir Doğan

Author Biographies

Ferat Yılmaz

Ferat Yılmaz has a PhD in primary school teaching from Gazi University and a research assistant in the Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education at Dicle University. He received his MA in the Institute of Education Sciences at Anadolu University and his BA at Dicle University in Primary School Teaching. His research interests include character education, social studies teaching and values education.

Hanifi Şekerci

Hanifi Şekerci has a PhD in primary school teaching from Marmara University and a research assistant in the Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education at Dicle University. He received his M.A. in the Institute of Education Sciences at Fırat University and his B.A. at Cumhuriyet University in Primary School Teaching. His research interests include social studies teaching and values education.

M. Cihangir Doğan

M. Cihangir Doğan is a professor at Marmara University. He received his Ph.D. in the Institute of Social Sciences at İstanbul University His research interests include teacher training and educational sociology.

Yılmaz, F., Şekerci, H., & Doğan, M. C. (2018). Empathic Tendency, Majority Culture Representation, and Political Conservatism as Predictors of Intercultural Sensitivity. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 18(3), 1-08. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v18i3.769

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