XENOCENTRISM AND SOCIAL BONDING: INFLUENCES ON FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

Abstract

This research focuses on relationship between Xenocentrism and societal bonds amid female university students, with an enhanced concentration on the impacts of traditional and ethnic background & geographic landscapes effecting their relations. It is process influenced by superiority deliberation for foreign cultures over one’s own identity. Thus, its influence on societal bonds and relationships amid young adults remains an area of attention. The study comprised of mixed-methods approach, combining survey data from 30 female university students considering in-depth interviews. The phenomenal Xenocentrism is correlated with the social capital in a sense that people adopt Xenocentric behaviors to impress societal relationship and to create a dominating approach. This research promotes a knowledge of complex relationships amid ethnic identity, cultural diversity, societal bonds, superiority considerations and Xenocentrism approves within the young adults of society. The findings could be implemented at all micro & macro levels. From a single individual to a larger community for educating, increasing awareness, trends setting and policymaking to offer the cross-cultural understanding and diversity in higher education settings & within each stratum of society.