In pluralistic societies such as Australia, an emerging diversity ideology of polyculturalism promotes sharing ideas and practices among people from diverse cultural traditions. What are the psychological associations of endorsing polyculturalism in contrast to multiculturalism and colorblindness, especially for an individual’s psychological well-being? We tested a path model to investigate if diversity ideologies are associated with flourishing through ethnocultural empathy, intercultural contact quality, and cultural identity clarity, using questionnaire responses of 255 Australians. The results supported our hypothesis that polyculturalism is associated with higher ethnocultural empathy and higher-quality intercultural contact and with higher flourishing through these pathways. Simultaneously, polyculturalism also associated with lower cultural identity clarity and indirectly with lower flourishing through this pathway. In contrast, the results did not support the link between these mediators and multiculturalism or colorblindness. Our findings indicate that polyculturalism has both positive and negative associations with eudaimonic well-being for those who endorse this ideology and suggest the increasing relevance of polyculturalism for Australians and the need for further research.

在澳大利亚这样的多元化社会中，新兴的多元文化多样性意识形态促进了来自不同文化传统的人们之间的思想观念和实践交流。与多元文化主义和色盲症相比，特别是对于一个人的心理健康而言，认可多元文化主义的心理联系是什么？我们使用255名澳大利亚人进行了问卷调查，测试了一个路径模型，以调查多样性意识形态是否与通过民族文化共鸣，文化间联系质量和文化身份清晰而繁荣发展相关。结果支持了我们的假设，即多元文化主义与更高的民族文化同理心和更高质量的跨文化交往以及通过这些途径的繁荣发展有关。同时，多元文化主义还与较低的文化身份清晰性相关，并间接与较低的繁荣度相关联。相反，结果并不支持这些中介者与多元文化主义或色盲之间的联系。我们的研究结果表明，对于那些赞成这种意识形态的人来说，多元文化主义与欧洲人的幸福感有着积极和消极的联系，并暗示了多元文化主义对澳大利亚人的重要性与日俱增，并需要进一步的研究。