The role of positive and negative contact of migrants with native people in affecting their future interactions. Evidence from Italy and Turkey
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Prof. Dr. Şebnem AKÇAPAR Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Monica Rubini
Francesca Prati
Corinne Stella Kana Kenfack
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı International Journal of Intercultural Relations (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0147-1767 Dergi Bilgileri (2021)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 11-2021
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 85 / 0 / 191–203 DOI 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.09.015
Makale Linki https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147176721001528?via%3Dihub
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This research investigates the relationship between different valence contact of migrants with native people and their motivation to avoid further interactions with the majority group, as a preventing factor of adaptation by either side. Specifically, the joint and differential effects of positive and negative contact of migrants with natives on outgroup avoidance were addressed by examining also the mediating role of affective variables such as stereotype threat, symbolic threat and anxiety. Hypotheses were tested on two samples of African immigrants in Italy and Syrian immigrants in Turkey. Positive contact was not associated with outgroup avoidance and anxiety among African respondents who reported higher negative contact with natives. This evidence was not found among Syrian immigrants. In both samples, however, the moderating role of negative contact was found on stereotype threat. Across the two samples ...
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