Are minority status children's cross‐ethnic friendships beneficial in a multiethnic context?

Bağcı, Sabahat Çiğdem; Rutland, Adam; Kumashiro, Masaharu; Smith, Peter K.; Blumberg, Herbert H.

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“…Hence, affirmation of ideal self may be an effective resource that functions as a protective mechanism supporting resilience in a challenging multiethnic environment where perceived ethnic discrimination and negative stereotypes might have detrimental effects for ethnic minority children, especially for South Asians who often report high levels of ethnic harassment in schools (e.g., Bagci et al, 2014;Eslea & Mukhtar, 2000). The influence of close cross-ethnic friendships via affirmation may be of special advantage that boosts resilience effectively for this ethnic group.…”

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“…For example, cross-ethnic friendships are related to social competence and skills (Kawabata & Crick, 2008;Lease & Blake, 2005) and decrease intergroup anxiety (Turner et al, 2007). Moreover, previous research has shown that cross-ethnic friendships may buffer the negative effects of perceived ethnic discrimination on psychological well-being (Bagci et al, 2014). Therefore, crossethnic friendships may also foster positive development through decreasing perceived discrimination and intergroup anxiety and increasing social competence.…”

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“…Cross-ethnic friendships, psychological well-being, and academic outcomes: Study of South Asian and White children in the UK Despite significant progress in the understanding of cross-ethnic friendships in relation to the formation of outgroup attitudes (e.g., Feddes, Noack, & Rutland, 2009), research investigating associations between cross-ethnic friendships and positive psychological development in multiethnic educational settings has been limited to few psychosocial and academic outcomes (e.g., Bagci, Rutland, Kumashiro, Smith, & Blumberg, 2014;Graham, Munniksma, & Juvonen, 2014;Newgent, Lee, & Daniel, 2007). Although these studies have provided evidence for the benefits of cross-ethnic friendships for children, no studies, to our knowledge, examined mechanisms that link cross-ethnic friendships to positive psychological and academic outcomes.…”

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Cross-ethnic friendships, psychological well-being, and academic outcomes: Study of South Asian and White children in the UK

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“…The results they obtained generally support the contact hypothesis: intergroup contact is usually negatively related to pronounced prejudices, in both the dominant and the nondominant groups. In addition, cross-ethnic friendships are related to psychological well-being (Bagci, Rutland, Kumashiro, Smith, & Blumberg, 2014;Hui et al, 2015;Mendoza-Denton & Page-Gould, 2008). Berry (2011) has proposed that the choice of an integration strategy is related to a greater number of ethnic minorities or migrants becoming successfully adapted.…”

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Intercultural relations in Kabardino-Balkaria: Does integration always lead to subjective well-being?

Zarina¹,

Tatarko²

2016

Psych. Rus.

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This article examines intercultural relations in Kabardino-Balkaria. Among a great number of ethnic groups living in Kabardino-Balkaria, Kabardians and Balkars are one of the largest (they are so-called titular ethnic groups). Russians are the second largest of the ethnic groups after Kabardians. We report here the results of an empirical study of the intercultural relations, mutual acculturation, and adaptation of Kabardians and Balkars (N = 285) and Russians (N = 249). Specifically, we examine the relevance of three hypotheses formulated to understand intercultural relations: the multiculturalism hypothesis, the integration hypothesis, and the contact hypothesis. We conducted path analysis in AMOS with two samples: a sample of Russians and a sample of the two main ethnic groups (Kabardians and Balkars), and we further compared the path models with each other. The results revealed significant effects of security, intercultural contacts, multicultural ideology, acculturation strategies, and acculturation expectations on attitudes, life satisfaction, and self-esteem in both samples. These findings partially confirm the three hypotheses in both groups. However, we also identified a regionally specific pattern. We found that, in the Russian sample, the integration strategy was negatively related to wellbeing, while contact with the dominant ethnic group was positively related to well-being. At the same time, in the sample of Kabardians and Balkars, acculturation expectations of integration and assimilation were positively related to well-being. In the article, we discuss these regional specifics.Keywords: acculturation strategies/expectations, intercultural contact, intercultural relations, multicultural ideology, life satisfaction, perceived security, perceived discrimination/threat, ethnic toleranceIn our study, we sought to verify three hypotheses of intercultural relations (the multiculturalism hypothesis, the integration hypothesis, and the contact hypothesis).

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“…Research with young adults suggests that cross-ethnic friendships are related to psychological well-being (Mendoza-Denton & Page-Gould, 2008). For children living in multiethnic contexts cross-ethnic friendships have a protective role in psychological well-being (Bagci, Rutland, Kumashiro, Smith, & Blumberg, 2014).…”

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Is multiculturalism in Russia possible? Intercultural relations in North Ossetia-Alania

Lebedeva

Galyapina

2016

Psych. Rus.

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This article examines intercultural relations in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNO-A). The research is based on the theory of acculturation of J. Berry and uses the hypotheses and measures developed in the Mutual Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies project. The RNO-A is the most favorable place for Russians living in the North Caucasus because attitudes toward the Russian minority in the RNO-A are not discriminatory. Our goal was to test three hypotheses in the RNO-A: the multiculturalism hypothesis, the integration hypothesis, and the contact hypothesis. We conducted a sociopsychological survey. The sample included members of the ethnic majority, the Ossetians (N= 318), and members of the ethnic minority, the Russians (N= 327). Data processing was carried out using structural equation modeling (SEM) separately for the ethnic minority and for the ethnic majority, and the models were compared with each other. The results show that perceived security among the Russians (the ethnic minority) as well as among the Ossetians (the ethnic majority) promoted support for a multicultural ideology, tolerance, and mutual integration. The number and frequency of friendly intercultural contacts had a positive and significant impact on a preference for integration among both the Ossetians and the Russians. An integration strategy and the expectation of integration promoted life satisfaction in both groups. Because the results of the study confirmed all three hypotheses, we conclude that interethnic relations between the Russians and the Ossetians in the RNO-A are based on the principles of multiculturalism.

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Are minority status children's cross‐ethnic friendships beneficial in a multiethnic context?

Cited by 64 publications

References 51 publications

Cross-ethnic friendships, psychological well-being, and academic outcomes: Study of South Asian and White children in the UK

Cross-ethnic friendships, psychological well-being, and academic outcomes: Study of South Asian and White children in the UK

Intercultural relations in Kabardino-Balkaria: Does integration always lead to subjective well-being?

Is multiculturalism in Russia possible? Intercultural relations in North Ossetia-Alania

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