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xinrandu.bsky.social
Xinran Du
@xinrandu.bsky.social
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PhD student in social psychology at the University of Exeter. Interested in social inclusion, felt understanding, intergroup contact, and Open Science.
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xinrandu.bsky.social
After I start my new journey in the industry with work on leadership, it's surprising but pleasant to receive this message from academia! The work during my PhD is among the #TopCitedArticle, and I really appreciate that it got so many views! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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andrewlivingstone.bsky.social
Any thoughts very welcome – and check out work by @xinrandu.bsky.social testing a similar procedure between international students and UK students!

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July 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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andrewlivingstone.bsky.social
New pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Fostering felt understanding through structured communication: Developing a tool to improve intergroup relations

V proud of this work in Northern Ireland with @shelleymckeown.bsky.social and James Willmott

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July 11, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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markrubin.bsky.social
“So, you’re saying that…”

Communication between international and UK students that involves ‘reflecting back’ produces 'felt understanding' that predicts better intergroup outcomes.

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Authors: @xinrandu.bsky.social @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social

#Psychology 🧪
Social connection and integration between international students and ‘home’ students is a major challenge that has implications for student experience and wellbeing, among other things. Following growing evidence of the importance of felt understanding in improving relations between groups on the one hand, and predicting better wellbeing on the other, we tested a structured communication procedure aimed at fostering felt understanding in intergroup communication between international students and UK students (total N = 175). Online communication between international and UK students was structured to involve a ‘reflecting back’ step in which participants not only disclose to others, but then share back what they understood from an interaction partner’s disclosure. Then, participants responded to three sets of measures: intergroup relational outcomes (e.g., intergroup anxiety), identification and process variables (e.g., life meaning), and wellbeing (e.g., life satisfaction). Results sh
May 24, 2024 at 9:13 AM