@article{SchwarzenthalSchachnerJuangetal.2020,
  author    = {Schwarzenthal, Miriam Jelena and Schachner, Maja Katharina and Juang, Linda P. and van de Vijver, Fons J. R.},
  title     = {Reaping the benefits of cultural diversity},
  series = {European journal of social psychology},
  volume    = {50},
  journal   = {European journal of social psychology},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0046-2772},
  doi       = {10.1002/ejsp.2617},
  pages     = {323 -- 346},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Culturally diverse schools may constitute natural arenas for training crucial intercultural skills. We hypothesized that a classroom cultural diversity climate fostering contact and cooperation and multiculturalism, but not a climate fostering color-evasion, would be positively related to adolescents' intercultural competence. Adolescents in North Rhine-Westphalia (N = 631, Mage = 13.69 years, 49\% of immigrant background) and Berlin (N = 1,335, Mage = 14.69 years, 52\% of immigrant background) in Germany reported their perceptions of the classroom cultural diversity climate and completed quantitative and qualitative measures assessing their intercultural competence. Multilevel structural equation models indicate that contact and cooperation, multiculturalism, and, surprisingly, also color-evasion (as in emphasizing a common humanity), were positively related to the intercultural competence of immigrant and non-immigrant background students. We conclude that all three aspects of the classroom climate are uniquely related to aspects of adolescents' intercultural competence and that none of them may be sufficient on their own.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchwarzenthalJuangSchachneretal.2017,
  author    = {Schwarzenthal, Miriam Jelena and Juang, Linda P. and Schachner, Maja Katharina and van de Vijver, Fons J. R. and Handrick, Anna},
  title     = {From tolerance to understanding},
  series = {Journal of community \& applied social psychology},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Journal of community \& applied social psychology},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {1052-9284},
  doi       = {10.1002/casp.2317},
  pages     = {388 -- 399},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {We investigated intercultural competence among immigrant and non-immigrant background adolescents in multiethnic schools in relation to intercultural contact, age, and ethnic identity exploration. The sample included 631 adolescents in Germany (49.4\% of immigrant background, 48.2\% female), aged 11 to 18 years (Mage = 13.69 years, SDage = 1.83). Intercultural competence was measured using a self-report questionnaire and situational judgment tests capturing the adolescents' interpretation of and reaction to intercultural conflicts. Intercultural contacts and ethnic identity exploration were measured using self-report questionnaires. Results showed that among immigrant and non-immigrant background adolescents, intercultural contact and ethnic identity exploration were positively related to different aspects of intercultural competence. As predicted, self-reported intercultural competence was unrelated to age in both groups, whereas this competence, as measured by the situational judgment tests, increased with age. Thus, learning about others (e.g., by engaging in intercultural contact) and learning about yourself (e.g., by exploring your own ethnic background) are both important for developing pivotal intercultural skills.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{SchwarzenthalSchachnerJuangetal.2019,
  author    = {Schwarzenthal, Miriam Jelena and Schachner, Maja Katharina and Juang, Linda P. and Van De Vijver, Fons J. R.},
  title     = {Reaping the benefits of cultural diversity},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {581},
  issn      = {1866-8364},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43750},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-437502},
  pages     = {24},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Culturally diverse schools may constitute natural arenas for training crucial intercultural skills. We hypothesized that a classroom cultural diversity climate fostering contact and cooperation and multiculturalism, but not a climate fostering color-evasion, would be positively related to adolescents' intercultural competence. Adolescents in North Rhine-Westphalia (N = 631, Mage = 13.69 years, 49\% of immigrant background) and Berlin (N = 1,335, Mage = 14.69 years, 52\% of immigrant background) in Germany reported their perceptions of the classroom cultural diversity climate and completed quantitative and qualitative measures assessing their intercultural competence. Multilevel structural equation models indicate that contact and cooperation, multiculturalism, and, surprisingly, also color-evasion (as in emphasizing a common humanity), were positively related to the intercultural competence of immigrant and non-immigrant background students. We conclude that all three aspects of the classroom climate are uniquely related to aspects of adolescents' intercultural competence and that none of them may be sufficient on their own.},
  language  = {en}
}