It's Never Too Late for "Us" to Meet "Them:" Prior Intergroup Friendships Moderate the Impact of Later Intergroup Friendships in Educational Settings

Autor/inn/en	Al Ramiah, Ananthi; Hewstone, Miles; Voci, Alberto; Cairns, Ed; Hughes, Joanne
Titel	It's Never Too Late for "Us" to Meet "Them:" Prior Intergroup Friendships Moderate the Impact of Later Intergroup Friendships in Educational Settings
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 83 (2013) 1, S.57-75 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-0998
DOI	10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02054.x
Schlagwörter	Friendship; Foreign Countries; Catholics; Protestants; College Students; Social Bias; Intergroup Relations; Correlation; Multiple Regression Analysis; Structural Equation Models; Educational Environment; Religious Factors; Family Environment; Path Analysis; Questionnaires; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Ausland; Katholik; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Collegestudent; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Korrelation; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Familienmilieu; Pfadanalyse; Fragebogen
Abstract	Background: In this paper, we focused on mixing in educational settings between members of Catholic and Protestant ethnoreligious groups in Northern Ireland. Aims:. In Study 1, we examined whether opportunities for contact at home and at university were associated with greater actual out-group friendships, and whether this friendship was associated with a reduction in prejudice. We also assessed whether the impact of out-group friendships at university was moderated by experience of out-group friendships outside university, such that the prejudice-reducing effect of university friendships was stronger for those with fewer friendships at home. In Study 2, we assessed opportunities for contact and actual out-group friendships at prior stages of the educational system and their relationship with prejudice. Sample(s): In both studies, our participants were students at universities in Northern Ireland (Study 1 "N" = 304 and Study 2 "N" = 157). Methods: We analysed the data using multiple regression and structural equation modelling. Results: First, opportunities for contact were positively associated with self-reported out-group friendships in all domains and stages of the educational system. Second, having more out-group friends was associated with reduced prejudice. Finally, the relationship between out-group friendships and current levels of prejudice was moderated by prior levels of out-group friendships (at home in Study 1; and at secondary and primary school in Study 2). Conclusions: Contact, in the form of out-group friendships, was more powerful when it was a novel feature in a person's life. We discuss these findings in terms of the impact of mixing in educational contexts, especially in Northern Ireland, and outline suggestions for future research. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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