Differences In Cultural Values Research Articles

Cultural Value Orientation and Stock Trading Behavior: A Study of Individual Investors from India

Cross-cultural studies in finance have often used country-wise data for cultural values. Our objective was to understand how individual differences in cultural values affect an investor's stock trading behavior in an emerging market. Based on the theory of planned behavior, we conceptualized a model for intention to participate in the stock market. A structured questionnaire was designed and used to collect primary data for 259 respondents from India. Partial least square structural equation modeling was used to estimate path coefficients. Perceived financial efficacy and risk tolerance are the key factors that positively affected the intention to participate. Among cultural variables, uncertainty avoidance positively affected long term orientation, which in turn positively affected financial efficacy. Thus their effect on participation was indirect but positive. Power distance and social influence had direct positive effects. Males, younger adults, high-income individuals, and those living outside India were more likely to participate in the stock market. We estimated a second model to see how cultural values affect stock market engagement. Unlike the participation model, uncertainty avoidance and long term orientation negatively affected engagement. Collectivism had a positive effect when mediated through perceived financial efficacy and a negative effect when mediated through risk tolerance. Our final research question was to understand how cultural values affect the motives for investing. Individuals with long term orientation invested for high returns, while those high on uncertainty avoidance looked for portfolio diversification. Individuals who scored high on power distance or masculinity invested for thrill-seeking and social motives. Our results provide interesting and new insights into how intra-cultural variations affect participation and engagement in the stock market of an emerging economy.

Cultural Obstacles in Transnational Trade Union Cooperation in Europe

This article focuses on cultural difficulties in trade union cooperation and transnationalization in Europe. The aim is to understand cultural differences that are seen as obstacles to cooperation by trade union representatives with transnational work experience from the ETUC and ETUFs. The theoretical inspiration for this work comes from the sociological variant of neo-institutionalism and organization theory, as well as from existing approaches in industrial relations and trade union research. The empirical analysis is based on 38 interviews with 46 representatives from trade unions from nine European countries. The findings point to problems arising because of language and translation issues, differences in cultural conceptions, values and everyday practices, and differences in trade union traditions, ideologies and identities.

Does Language Background Have an Effect on the Development of Psychological Well-Being During College?

Does Language Background Have an Effect on the Development of Psychological Well-Being During College? Jiajun Liu (bio) and Ernest T. Pascarella (bio) According to the 2017 American Community Survey, more than 1 in 5 US residents speak a language other than English at home, and many are nonnative-English speakers (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018). Among this fast-growing population, nonnative-English-speaking (NNES) college students are significantly underserved and under-researched (Kanno & Cromley, 2013). NNES students are largely Students of Color; they are a diverse group that include immigrants, those born and raised in the US who learn English as a second language, and international students from non-English-speaking countries (Curry, 2004). Since language is the defining characteristic, existing research on this population at the college level has largely focused on vocabulary development, literacy skills, and the effectiveness of English remedial courses (Kanno & Cromley, 2013; Liu, Hu, & Pascarella, 2019). Authors of a small but increasing number of studies have examined nonlinguistic outcomes and have suggested that merely improving language skills is not sufficient to achieve college success (Kanno & Cromley, 2013; Leki, 2001; Liu et al., 2019). One issue that has caused concern that the literature has yet to address is the development of NNES students' psychological well-being (PWB) during college. PWB is not restricted to medical descriptions or merely about happiness and positive emotions. It is multidimensional and engages different aspects of life and wellbeing, such as building positive relations with others and adapting to the environment (Ryff, 1989). PWB is important because students cannot be entirely engaged in college without psychological involvement (Astin, 1999). Due to their language background and immigration status, PWB is particularly concerning for NNES students, because these students tend to encounter challenges and stress from acculturation, family separation, isolation in school, and issues related to visas and immigration (Pratt-Johnson, 2015). We attempted to answer the research question: [End Page 648] Does being a nonnative-English-speaking student have an effect on the development of psychological well-being during college? LITERATURE REVIEW Time at university can be anxiety-provoking. From the time students enter college, their psychological distress and anxiety will not recede to precollege levels (Mayhew, Rockenbach, Bowman, Seifert, & Wolniak, 2016). Prior research delivers a clear message that psychological factors are critically associated with college students' GPA, involvement of college activity, and life satisfaction (Krumrei-Mancuso, Newton, Kim, & Wilcox, 2013; Mayhew et al., 2016). Students with higher PWB levels are associated with short-term and long-term positive outcomes: while in the short term students tend to persist and graduate, in the long term students are likely to develop a successful professional and personal life (Bowman, 2010). Certain precollege characteristics, such as gender and race, have been frequently studied with findings indicating that being a female is positively associated with PWB development during the first year of college (Bowman, 2010). Yet Students of Color tend to experience lower PWB levels due to cultural differences and persistent discrimination (Harrell, 2000; Iwamoto & Liu, 2011). In their study on Asian Americans and Asian international students, Iwamoto and Liu (2011) found that differences in cultural values could contribute to acculturation stress and hence lower PWB levels. Gloria, Castellanos, and Orozco (2005) found that Latina students who reported using coping strategies such as talking with others had higher PWB levels. To date, no scholars have directly examined NNES students' PWB development during college. The most relevant research we could find is a qualitative study of the influence of language difficulty on international students' well-being, which suggests that not being able to communicate effectively could increase cultural stress and passive emotions and therefore lead to low PWB levels (Gatwiri, 2015). Other studies have highlighted the challenges faced by NNES college students. Leki (2001) found that NNES college students had negative experiences working on group projects because their voices were least powerful and their contributions were not considered meaningful to the group by their peers, situations that were barely noticed by the instructors. Kanno and Cromley (2013) revealed that only 1 in 8 English-language learners would earn a bachelor's degree or higher compared to 1 in 3 or 4 of their peers. More recently...

Work-Related Values in International Workplaces in Vietnam: Cross-Cultural Differences between Employers and Employees

With the trends in globalization and internationalization, cross-culture work-related values are increasingly receiving attention of both managers and researchers. This study aimed to investigate the cultural differences in work-related values between Western managers and Vietnamese employees in Vietnam. In two areas in the South of Vietnam, 94 Western and Vietnamese companies participated with 763 Vietnamese employees, 43 Vietnamese employers and 33 Western employers who have completed a questionnaire. In addition, semi-structured interviews were administered with 11 Western employers and 33 Vietnamese employees to validate the findings from the questionnaire data. Significant differences in work-related values between Western employers and Vietnamese employees were found. Time perception and face-concern were found to be the two largest differences between Western and Vietnamese professionals. Implications are discussed for further training of Vietnamese prospective graduates.

Costs and benefits of cultural value mismatch in the globalising era: A commentary on the special issue "cross-cultural value mismatch: A by-product of migration and population diversity around the world" (IJP, December, 2018).

In this commentary, the author first seeks to counterbalance the current focus on the cost of cultural value mismatch by calling attention to ample evidence in the literature that value mismatch can produce cultural adaptation and resilience in the long run, besides promoting cultural innovations and individual creativity. Second, we propose three factors that differentiate the benefits from the costs of cultural value mismatch. Personal orientation towards integrating heritage and host culture, accurate perception of cultural value differences, and supportive multicultural environments are associated with benefits. In contrast, dichotomous orientation towards one or the other culture, exaggeration of value differences between heritage and host culture, and assimilationist social environments are associated with costs. Third, our analysis of the decoupling between cultural values and ecological niches in the special issue led to observation of bidirectionality in cultural value mismatch: Whereas most articles in the Special Issue focus on the cross-cultural value mismatch that occurs when people move from a more rural, low-resource, less technological ecology into a more urban, high-resource, more technological ecology, we were able to document the effects of value mismatch when movement occurs in the opposite direction.

Cultural values and adolescents’ health inequalities in 21 European countries

Abstract Background culture is believed to have an important impact on health and health inequalities and this may vary between countries. Empirical data are however scarce, especially in adolescent populations. We examined the impact of cultural values (emancipatory values index) on cross-national variations in adolescent health, health inequalities and evolutions in these inequalities. Methods individual-level data from 21 countries participating in the 2002/2006/2010/2014 waves of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study were combined with country-level data from the World Values Longitudinal Dataset (n = 416777). Multilevel linear and logistic regression analyses were performed accounting for the hierarchical data structure (individual, country-year and country level). Results cultural value differences between countries were weakly related to adolescents’ health and health behaviour but had a profound impact on the magnitude of inequalities. In countries characterised by a high level of emancipatory values, material (family affluence-based) inequalities in both health and health behaviours tended to be lower whereas non-material (occupational social class-based) inequalities tended to be higher, in particular for health behaviours. Preliminary results also indicated that cultural value differences between countries may play a significant role in the evolution of adolescent health inequalities. Conclusions our findings suggest that between-countries’ cultural value differences may partly explain cross-national variations in adolescents’ health inequalities and in the evolution of these inequalities. By identifying cultural value differences in health, health inequalities and evolutions in health inequalities, this study helps informing policies better to tackle these inequalities. Key messages Cultural value differences between countries have a profound impact on the magnitude of inequalities in adolescents’ health and health behaviours and on the evolution of these inequalities. Identifying cultural value differences in adolescents’ health, health inequalities and evolutions in these inequalities is necessary to inform policies better to tackle these inequalities.

"Mexican-origin youth substance use trajectories: Associations with cultural and family factors,": Correction to Cruz et al. (2018).

Reports an error in "Mexican-origin youth substance use trajectories: Associations with cultural and family factors" by Rick A. Cruz, Kevin M. King, Molly Mechammil, Mayra Bámaca-Colbert and Richard W. Robins (Developmental Psychology, 2018[Jan], Vol 54[1], 111-126). In the original article, Tables 3 through 6 contained formatting errors. In Tables 3 and 4, the headers for columns 6 and 7 (Overall X ² undefined and Occasional use M (SE)) were corrected to match the header formatting used in the other columns. The headers in Tables 5 and 6 for columns 2 and 3 (Late-onset and Adolescent limited) were repeated across the remaining columns. The online version of this article has been corrected. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2017-42050-001.) The current study identified alcohol and cannabis use trajectories among a sample of Mexican-origin youth and examined cultural and familial correlates from childhood to adolescence. Mexican-origin youth (N = 674) from Northern California were assessed annually from ages 10 to 17 (8 waves). Latent class growth modeling examined variability in developmental trajectories for last 3-month alcohol and cannabis use frequency. Analyses also examined between-trajectory differences in youth's cultural practices and values, family cultural conflict, general parent-child conflict, and parental monitoring at 4 time points from ages 10 to 16. Analyses resulted in a 4-class model for alcohol use, comprising nonusers (62%), early-increasing (10%), adolescent-limited (11%), and late-onset (17%) subgroups, and a 4-class model for cannabis use, including nonusers (74%), early-increasing (8%), occasional use (16%), and high-declining (2%) subgroups. Findings suggested that early language use (higher English at age 10 and lower Spanish at age 12) was a temporally distal marker for several alcohol and cannabis use trajectories, whereas lower traditional family values at ages 14 and 16 were associated with several classes characterized by early substance use. Elevations in familial (parent-child conflict, parental monitoring) risk factors co-occurred in time and generally suggested temporally proximal connections with substance use behavior. Further, there was evidence that a less prominent decline in certain protective factors (e.g., father monitoring) was associated with reductions in substance use. These findings inform the literature by describing youth subgroups with variable risk for substance use development, and suggest modifiable risk factors associated with more frequent substance use trajectories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

A Comparison of Rural and Urban Hospice Family Caregivers' Cancer Pain Knowledge and Experience

ContextFamily caregivers play a vital role in managing the pain of hospice patients with cancer; however, caregivers' knowledge of pain management principles and experiences as pain managers vary widely. Differences in cultural values and access to resources suggest that rural and urban hospice family caregivers may differ with regard to their pain knowledge and experience, but this has not been empirically investigated. ObjectivesWe sought to determine if rural and urban hospice family caregivers differed in terms of their knowledge of cancer pain management principles and their experiences managing cancer pain. MethodsOur study consisted of a secondary analysis of baseline, cross-sectional data from hospice family caregivers (N = 196) participating in an ongoing cluster randomized crossover pragmatic trial. We performed multivariable regression to model associations between caregivers' demographic characteristics and their scores on the Family Pain Questionnaire (FPQ), which included subscales measuring pain knowledge and experience. ResultsWhen controlling for other demographic variables, rural caregivers' scores on the FPQ knowledge subscale were worse (P = 0.01) than their urban counterparts. FPQ experience subscale scores and FPQ total scores were not statistically significantly different between the two groups. ConclusionRural hospice family caregivers report greater pain knowledge deficits than urban hospice family caregivers, although the two groups report comparable pain management experiences. Additional research is needed to better explain observed differences.

Speaking or not speaking as a cultural practice: analysis of mathematics classroom discourse in Shanghai, Seoul, and Melbourne

The benefits of engaging students in mathematics classroom dialogue have been highlighted (and advocated) in a large body of research studies, most of which were conducted in Western cultural contexts. Whether such research advocacy can be extended legitimately to encompass practice in classrooms situated in other cultural contexts, such as East Asian classrooms, remains a matter for empirical investigation. In this paper, we problematize the assumptions underpinning this advocacy of “mathematical dialogue in classrooms” by revisiting several conceptualizations of the role of language in mathematics classrooms and by considering particular forms of communication in classrooms often undervalued in the research literature. To support such problematization, we draw upon an analysis of classroom discourse in nine classrooms situated in Shanghai, Seoul, and Melbourne from the Learner’s Perspective Study. The results of the analysis demonstrate some interesting variations in the extent to which the discursive practice of each classroom afforded or constrained the opportunities for students to speak mathematically, and its consequences for student learning as indicated by student mathematical fluency demonstrated in the post-lesson interviews. Such variations provide insight into the differences in inspirations and cultural values attached to particular types of mathematical performance. We argue that our theories should anticipate application in culturally differentiated settings and be sensitive to the constraints and affordance that culture might place on classroom discourse practices.

The Influence of Culture on Attitudes Towards Humorous Advertising.

Humor has been widely used in advertising in recent decades. Various studies found that humor could significantly improve advertising performance. However, most of these studies were conducted in a Eastern context and did not consider cultural factors. In a cross-cultural research framework, the current study explored the effects of advertisement characteristics (i.e., brand nationality and humor tactics) on Chinese and United States audiences’ attitudes toward humorous advertisements. Results showed that the attitudinal differences between Chinese audiences and United States audiences was not significant at the aggregate level. Instead, the differences lie in an audience’s responsiveness to characteristics of the ads. Specifically, while United States audiences showed a strong preference for ads featuring Chinese brands compared to those of United States brands, Chinese audiences did not differentiate them. United States audiences preferred ads using self-enhancing tactics to those using affiliative tactics, whereas, again Chinese audiences did not differentiate. We also explored whether individual differences in cultural values could account for the effect of audience nationality. Results suggest that differences embedded in culture groups, as indicated by audience nationality, could not be explained or substituted by individual variance in humor tolerance and uncertainty avoidance. Limitations and future directions were discussed.

Do Self-Figure Drawings Reveal the Drawer’s Cultural Values? Thais and Israelis Draw Themselves

This study aimed to investigate to what extent the self-figure drawings of young adult Thais differ from the self-figure drawings of a matched Israeli group. The convenience sample consisted of 24 participants; 12 Israelis and 12 Thais were asked to draw themselves with a pencil on a sheet of A4 paper and add a narrative to the drawing. In addition, they were asked to draw how they are perceived by the other group. Analyses of variance were conducted within and between the groups of drawings. The results indicated significant differences in body size, body shape, and the addition of cultural symbols between the two groups. The differences in cultural values were discussed in light of the findings.

Cross-Cultural Study of Students’ Response to Education Dissatisfaction: An Australian Context

The inevitability and unpredictability of service failures can result in consumer dissatisfaction, whereby consumers respond to their lack of satisfaction with the service provision in a variety of ways. Previous research indicates that consumers’ response options to service dissatisfaction is related to various facets of customer loyalty, which, in turn, may heavily impact on future repurchase intentions (Helou and Caddy, 2007). Accordingly, this study investigates the impact of loyalty and its cultural understanding on dissatisfaction response styles of university students. In particular, it compares the variations in response options between Anglo-Saxon Australian students and international Asian Chinese students, in an attempt to explore the impact of culture on dissatisfaction, and the resultant response options chosen by students, as guided by culturally defined perceptions and values (Helou, 2005; Helou and Caddy, 2007; Newsome and Cooper, 2016). Findings indicate that there are significant variations in terms of the degrees of ethnic loyalty and the response options engaged in as a reaction to dissatisfaction, mostly attributable to differences in cultural values. The contributions of this study are three-fold. First, the current research study further develops our understanding of cultural loyalty and its impact on students’ future repurchase intentions. Secondly, it provides an understanding of the dissatisfaction response styles of university students coming from different ethnic backgrounds. Finally, the current study further contributes to our understanding of the relationship between students’ ethnic backgrounds and their respective repurchase decisions.

Relationships of Spouses in Single-national and Inter-ethnic Russian, Tatar Families

This study is interested in the features of family relationship in mono and interethnic families as the factor defining the quality and the contents of real expectations and claims of spouses in spheres of family life. The relationships in the family depend mostly on traditions of communication, economic and social state of society, the participation of spouses in household activities. Moreover, it is necessary to consider the type of the family: families with many or no children, families with different leaders, personal qualities of relatives, and so on. The article is devoted to the study of family values in single-national and inter-ethnic Russian and Tatar families. Life of spouses can be examined under 5scalesphere: the sphere of professional life, the sphere of training and education, the sphere of family life, the sphere of social life and the sphere of hobbies. By implementing a fieldwork, this study demonstrated significant differences in views on family values in Russian, Tatar and mixed families. The investigation was conducted and completed and its results were analyzed and classified by the authors in accordance with the methods of the terminal values questionnaire of I.G. Senin and A.N. Volkova’s methodology Role expectations and claims in marriage which will be represented in detail below. The study involved 120 married couples of one-national and interethnic families of Russians and Tatars (240 people in total). The outcome of the study presented in the article is the description of cross cultural differences in family values, role expectations and claims of spouses in marriageon the basis of analyzing the indicators of coherence of family values in a Russian family. The materials of the article are of practical value for considering some features of the role structure of the modern family, and defining main directions in counseling married couples.

Research on Work Values in a Changing Economic and Social Context

This article examines the agenda of research on work values that has been developing since the late 1960s. It distinguishes four phases, which successively broadened the scope of research on work values. The first phase focused on the likely impact of economic development and rising incomes on work values. The second interrogated the role of work values for those experiencing unemployment. The third extended the focus to gendered work values related to women’s increasing participation in the labor market. Finally, there has been increased interest in the strength of role attachment to a job and organization. In each area of research, the growth over time of cross-national comparative studies has revealed variations in work values across countries that point to the importance of understanding differences in institutional structures and cultural values.

Benefit-risk Assessment of Cladribine Using Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) for Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis

PurposeWe applied Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods in a structured benefit–risk assessment of cladribine and newer approved disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) for patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). MethodsDecision conferencing with clinical neurologists as decision makers was used to create an MCDA model that incorporated available evidence on DMDs for RRMS and clinical judgments about the relevance of the evidence. Benefit–risk assessments were conducted for DMDs in both patients with RRMS and patients with RRMS with high disease activity (HDA; defined as ≥2 relapses in the previous year). Treatment options included cladribine and recently approved DMDs available in European Union countries at the time of assessment (December 2015): alemtuzumab, dimethyl fumarate, fingolimod, natalizumab, and teriflunomide. To account for the relative importance of DMD effects, scores for the MCDA model were weighted to ensure that the most clinically important attributes carried more weight in the final benefit–risk calculation. The neurologists weighted different efficacy and safety profile attributes without any reference to individual DMDs to disassociate the assessment of weights with any specific DMD. The neurologists did not do direct comparisons between DMDs. FindingsThe highest overall weighted preference value for the RRMS model was for dimethyl fumarate (63) followed closely by cladribine (62). For patients with RRMS and HDA, cladribine had the highest overall weighted preference value (76), followed by alemtuzumab (62) and natalizumab (61). The benefit–risk balance of cladribine in patients with RRMS and specifically patients with RRMS who exhibited HDA characterized by high relapse activity (≥2 relapses in the previous year) was more favorable than the other DMDs included in the model. ImplicationsThe balance of high efficacy and the safety profile makes cladribine an important treatment option to consider, both in patients with RRMS and patients with HDA. Regular, single-country meetings could be organized to explore how differences in cultural values (scores and weights) and updated input data might affect the usefulness of MCDA in different, real-world, dynamic clinical settings.

PreDiKT‐OnOff: A complex adaptive approach to study the impact of digital social networks on Pakistani students' personal and social life

SummaryThe growing popularity of Digital Social Networks (DSNs) among young students demands an introspection of its impact across different dimensions, such as students' academic performance and daily life. The results of the existing literature on the issue vary across societies due to differences in cultural and religious values. This research aims to examine the social network usage among students to analyze their bonding within their social and personal lives. As a case study, we selected Pakistani students as a convenient sample. Multiple social aspects like in‐person interaction of students with their family members, physical activities, religious knowledge, social capital, and level of students' trust in DSNs are considered. Considering the complex nature of the network, a Complex Adaptive System (CAS) approach is used to model the relationships between different nodes of the network. In addition, Linear Regression models are created to predict a node from the combination of different nodes based on their relationships.

Estimating geographic variations in the determinants of attitude towards the practice of female genital mutilation in Nigeria.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) has persisted in Nigeria despite the very harmful effects on its victims. Massive inequality in the demographic and socioeconomic status of the Nigerian populace, coupled with marked differences in cultural values, have led to lopsided patterns of most health indicators based on the geographical location. The risk factors of health indicators are equally expected to vary according to location. This study aimed to explain the spatial variations in the risk factors for female cutting in Nigeria. Data were from the geo-referenced 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The objective was to estimate the spatially varying relationships of the factors influencing women's attitude towards female cutting in Nigeria and to identify how the variables exact influence across the states using geographically weighted logistic regression analysis - a technique that allows for spatially varying relationships among variables to be established. The results showed that women's higher educational level and higher household wealth lowered the desire for continuation of FGM everywhere in the country, but the effects of most other variables varied in direction, strength and magnitude. The findings suggest the use of local approaches to address the factors that encourage the continuation of female cutting in Nigeria.

Revisiting Individualism-Collectivism A Cross-Cultural Comparison among College Students in Four Countries

The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity, fruitfulness, and constructive potential of Individualism-collectivism dimension in the contemporary world. With increasing interrelationship among countries and improvement of technologies and transportations, value differences among cultures might not be as significant as what people thought before. A questionnaire was constructed, tested, and distributed to 2,000 college students in South Korea, Japan, Canada, and the United States. Among the 1,547 questionnaires returned, 1,495 were included in the analysis. Although differences in cultural values still exist among college students in all four countries, the findings of the present study indicate meaningful implications on cultural changes in the modern world. To draw more accurate guidelines on cultural tendencies, the present study suggests that further investigations should explore other factors such as age, occupations, education, degrees of contact with people in other cultures, and use of technologies and media.

Parent-child acculturation and cultural values differences: Associations with children’s self-esteem and aggression

Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in the US with children of Latino immigrants being the fastest growing sector among this group. Therefore, it is imperative to examine how living in a country that is not the family’s country of origin influences their behavioral and socioemotional outcomes. Among immigrant families, some work indicates that individuals from the same family acculturate at different rates, thus creating an acculturation difference. Parent-child differences in acculturation and acculturation-related constructs have been inconsistently linked to child outcomes. The current study investigates the link between parent-child differences in acculturation and Latino cultural values (i.e., familism and respect) on self-esteem and aggression. Data was obtained from 89 Latino immigrant parent-child dyads from Southern California. Results demonstrated that differences in acculturation were not linked to child outcomes, while differences in values were unfavorably associated with self-esteem and aggression. Specifically, differences in which parents endorsed Latino cultural values more so than their children predicted lower self-esteem and greater aggression. Findings point to the importance of recognizing and understanding the complexity in parent-child differences, their contribution to child outcomes, and potential contribution to programmatic efforts.

Domestic/intimate partner violence in the lives of immigrant women: a New Brunswick response.

This article highlights barriers in accessing public services for domestic and intimate partner violence (D/IPV) from the perspectives of immigrant women and service providers in the province of New Brunswick. Addressing these barriers can assist in building capacity among immigrant women to talk about D/IPV; increase awareness and facilitate the use of public services by immigrant women experiencing D/IPV; and improve collaboration among D/IPV service providers in different sectors. The study is based on social determinants of health and intersectional theoretical frameworks. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with immigrant women and public service providers, representing the province's linguistic and geographic (rural/urban) diversity. Qualitative data were coded thematically. Common and disparate themes between immigrant women and service providers were identified. Common themes include lack of understanding, the complexity of the intersection of D/IPV and Canada's immigration framework, and issues of trust. Disparate themes include differences in cultural values, the lack of collaboration between different types of service provision, and financial issues. Recommendations are made to mitigate structural barriers and increase collaboration. Acknowledgement and better understanding of the cultural differences between service providers and immigrant survivors of D/IPV would go a long way to improve trust and break down barriers in communication. Revision of the NewBrunswick Woman Abuse Protocols will highlight the perspectives of immigrant women. Long-term and increased funding for D/IPV and settlement public services will ensure that women-centered programming and professional translation services are available and improved collaboration takes place.