Polish Adaptation of the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI-r)

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dc.abstract.enAs global migration continues to grow, its impact increasingly extends to Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland, a country that remained culturally homogeneous for decades after World War II. With this growing cultural pluralism comes the need for an adequate and reliable instrument to measure endorsement of multiculturalism. The present study addresses this gap by adapting and validating the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI-r) for use in Poland and examining its psychometric properties. The study was conducted in 2023 in two waves, approximately three weeks apart, on a nationally representative sample of Polish adults (N = 2,132) stratified by age, gender, and municipality size. Results were most consistent with a six factor structure (with one item removed), consistent with the theoretical specification of the construct but differing from the four-factor solutions typically found in Western European and Canadian samples. Confirmatory factor analyses supported configural, metric, and scalar invariance across the two waves of the study and across gender, and the scale demonstrated high test–retest stability. Moreover, the MCI-r showed clear predictive validity: stronger endorsement of multiculturalism was associated with more favorable attitudes toward war refugees from Ukraine and with lower social and, to a much lesser extent, economic conservatism. Overall, the MCI-r emerged as a positive and, in fact, the strongest predictor of attitudes toward Ukrainian refugees, providing a robust tool for monitoring diversity ideologies in contemporary Polish society.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorBaran, Maria
dc.contributor.authorKaniasty, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorBaran, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorStogianni, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBerry, John
dc.date.access2026-09-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-14T09:18:49Z
dc.date.available2026-09-14T09:18:49Z
dc.date.created2026
dc.date.issued2026-09-03
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.physical229-249
dc.description.sdgReducedInequalities
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume57
dc.identifier.doi10.24425/ppb.2026.158392
dc.identifier.eissn0079-2993
dc.identifier.issn1641-7844
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2523
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://wydawnictwo.pan.pl/index.php/ppb/article/view/3665
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enmulticultural ideology
dc.subject.enmulticulturalism
dc.subject.enpsychometrics properties
dc.subject.enattitudes towards refugees
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dc.titlePolish Adaptation of the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI-r)
dc.title.journalPolish Psychological Bulletin
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle