What does the intercultural Development Inventory measure?

The Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) assesses intercultural competence—the capability to shift cultural perspective and appropriately adapt behavior to cultural differences and commonalities.

What are the five stages of the intercultural Development Continuum?

The IDC TM describes five orientations to cultural differences and similarities that range from monocultural to intercultural. The orientations are: Denial, Polarization, Minimization, Acceptance, and Adaptation.

Is the intercultural Development Inventory reliable?

The IDI has been rigorously tested and found to possess high cross-cultural validity and reliability.

What is an IDI score?

The IDI is an online, theory-based assessment of inter-cultural competence that can provide profile results at an individual or organizational level. The results indicate a position along an inter-cultural development continuum indicating a target for the next stage of growth.

How accurate is the IDI?

Michael Paige (Professor of International and Intercultural Education, University of Minnesota) suggests that the IDI is a “reliable measure that has little or no social desirability bias and reasonably, although not exactly, approximates the developmental model of intercultural sensitivity.” [9, p.

What are the 6 stages of development model of intercultural sensitivity?

The six developmental stages of intercultural communication and sensitivity:

  • Denial.
  • Defense.
  • Minimization.
  • Acceptance.
  • Adaptation.
  • Integration.
  • Retreat.

Who developed the intercultural Development Inventory?

The Intercultural Development Inventory was originally created by Mitch Hammer and Milton Bennett, based on Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS). That model has since been revised based on research using the IDI, and is now known as the Intercultural Development Continuum (IDC).

How is IDI scored?

Key Characteristics of the IDI Responses are scored on a five-point Likert-type scale. [a] The instrument takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete. Results are compiled and a graphic profile of an individual or group’s predominant stage of intercultural development is generated.