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Abstract—The research objective of this study was to investigate gender, nationality, field of study, foreign language abilities, international travels, study abroad and foreign friends as predictive factors of intercultural sensitivity of freshmen from an international college in Bangkok, Thailand. The sample was 209 first-year undergraduate students. The sampling method was convenience sampling. The research instrument consisted of a demographic questionnaire and the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). The results of Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis showed that nationality and having international friends were the predictive factors of intercultural sensitivity for the study sample. The other variables, namely, gender, field of study, foreign language abilities, international travels, and study abroad did not contribute significantly to the multiple regression models.

Index Terms—Foreign language, friendship network, intercultural sensitivity, international college, study abroad.

John Chocce is with Mahidol University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Peru (e-mail: oa4dlh_17@yahoo.es).
Donald A. Johnson is with Mahidol University International College, Webster University, USA (e-mail: donaldarthurjohnson@gmail.com).
Yossiri Yossatorn is with Mahidol University, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thailand (e-mail: yossiri.y@gmail.com).

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Cite: John Chocce, Donald A. Johnson, and Yossiri Yossatorn, "Predictive Factors of Freshmen’s Intercultural Sensitivity," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 778-782, 2015.