Specifying the Contact Hypothesis in a Minority-Minority Context: A Social Identity Perspective

This survey study focused on the attitudes of Russian-speaking minority youth (N = 132) toward other immigrant groups living in Finland. Along with testing the basic tenet of the contact hypothesis in a minority-minority context, the mediating effect of intergroup anxiety and the moderating effect o...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Psychologie 2013, Vol.221 (4), p.223-231
Main Authors: Mähönen, Tuuli Anna, Ihalainen, Katriina, Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anxiety
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Developmental psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Immigration
Intergroup Dynamics
Interpersonal Interaction
Majority Groups
Male
Minority Groups
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social Identity
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
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Summary:This survey study focused on the attitudes of Russian-speaking minority youth (N = 132) toward other immigrant groups living in Finland. Along with testing the basic tenet of the contact hypothesis in a minority-minority context, the mediating effect of intergroup anxiety and the moderating effect of perceived social norms on the contact-attitude association were specified by taking into account the identity processes involved in intergroup interactions. The results indicated, first, that the experience of intergroup anxiety evoked by a negative intergroup encounter was reflected in negative outgroup attitudes only among the weakly identified. Second, negative contact experiences of minority adolescents were found not to be reflected in negative attitudes when their ethnic identification was attenuated, and when they perceived positive norms regarding intergroup attitudes.
ISSN:2190-8370
2151-2604
DOI:10.1027/2151-2604/a000152