van de Vijver Fons J R
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2019 Mar;2019(164):117-122. doi: 10.1002/cad.20275. Epub 2019 Mar 13.
In this commentary on the special issue, it is argued that the studies presented illustrate three pivotal characteristics of a new, evolving paradigm to study the consequences of prolonged intercultural encounters, such as globalization. The first refers to the topics studied and involves the need to delineate more distal, universal, and more proximal, culture-specific elements in intercultural encounters in these topics. The second is the need to deal with variation in intensity and focus of intercultural contact, ranging from casual contact to immersion. The third involves the need to delineate the psychological mechanisms involved in intercultural contact (and their consequences). The studies in the special issue illustrate the importance of including contextual features in the study of globalization. Challenges of the evolving paradigm are described.
在这篇关于特刊的评论文章中，有人认为所呈现的研究阐明了一种新的、不断发展的范式的三个关键特征，这种范式用于研究诸如全球化等长期跨文化接触的后果。第一个特征涉及所研究的主题，包括需要在这些主题的跨文化接触中界定更具普遍性和更具文化特异性的元素。第二个特征是需要应对跨文化接触在强度和重点方面的差异，从偶然接触到深度融入。第三个特征涉及需要界定跨文化接触中所涉及的心理机制（及其后果）。特刊中的研究阐明了在全球化研究中纳入背景特征的重要性。文中还描述了这一不断发展的范式所面临的挑战。
