Abstract

Conclusion. These results showed that the association between cultural intelligence and attitude towards multicultural education was fully mediated by intercultural sensitivity. This result highlights the importance of intercultural sensitivity in developing positive attitudes towards multicultural education.

Keywords: Cultural intelligence, intercultural sensitivity, mediator variable, multicultural education, structural equation modeling

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