¿Se atraviesan los límites étnicos? El impacto del «favoritismo intragrupal» y de las preferencias de aculturación en los contactos interétnicos

Joachim Brüb

Authors

Joachim Brüb Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence. Universidad de Bielefeld.

Keywords:

Immigration, Adolescents, Inter-ethnic contact, Acculturation, Ethnocentrism

Abstract

Starting from the notion that making individuals in-teract across ethnic lines seems to be a major difficulty (Amir,1976), this comparative field study offers two explanations for the differences in inter-ethnic contacts among German, Turkish and Aussiedler (Resettler) adolescents. One assumption is based on Social Identity Theory research with its central proposition that in group affiliation is likely to trigger out-group rejection. Thus in group favouritism is expected to decrease the frequency of inter-ethnic encounters. The other assumption is built on acculturation research and argues that certain dispositions towards acculturation facilitate or inhibit inter-ethnic contacts considerably. A preference for interaction is supposed to function as a facilitating factor where as assimilation is likely to prevent inter-ethnic encounters.On the whole the findings of this field study corroborate the assumptionsfor in-group favouritism and acculturation preferences.Further, young men tend more often to approve of in-group favouritism which prohibits inter-ethnic contact, while in contrast, young women more often agree with notions of dissimilation orinteraction which facilitate encounters with out-group members.Finally, subgroup analyses point to the importance of religious affiliation sand their consequences for inter-ethnic contacts under certain conditions.

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