Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The IDI examines how one engages cultural difference through reflection of past and current situations and experiences. An individual’s IDI profile report provides a perceived orientation score (how one sees themselves when interacting) and a developmental orientation score (how one actually interacts in situations) that pinpoints where, on a five-point continuum, the individual falls: denial, polarization, minimalization, acceptance, or adaption. An orientation gap is also reported that identifies how likely the user is to misread how effective they are in bridging across cultural differences. The profile report provides next steps an individual would take to further develop intercultural competence.
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Keywords
Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) ; Cultural difference ; Cultural reflection ; IDI profile report ; Perceived orientation score ; Developmental orientation score ; Five-point continuum ; Denial ; Polarization ; Minimization ; Acceptance ; Adaptation ; Orientation gap ; Intercultural competence ; Bridging cultural differences ; Cultural engagement ; Intercultural development steps
Respondent
Observer
Access and Use
Developer
M.R. Hammer
Open Access
Yes
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Hammer, M. R. (2011.). Additional cross-cultural validity testing of the Intercultural Development Inventory. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. V35, 474-487. Retrieved August 2020, from IDI Inventory: https://idiinventory.com/generalinformation
