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Antecedents of intra/intergroup friendships and stress levels among ethnic and religious minority members
Author(s) -
Zagefka Hanna,
Mohamed Abdinasir,
Mursi Gehad,
Lay Siugmin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12201
Subject(s) - psychology , somali , preference , acculturation , ethnic group , social psychology , structural equation modeling , enculturation , identification (biology) , minority group , stress (linguistics) , sociology , mathematics , anthropology , economics , biology , microeconomics , pedagogy , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , botany
Two studies tested a model, whereby, identification with the minority group was predicted to impact on acculturation preferences, which in turn were proposed to impact involvement in intragroup friendships with other minority members, intergroup friendships with majority members and stress experienced by minority members. A direct path from minority identification to stress was also included in the model. The model was tested using structural equation modelling on survey data collected from Muslim women ( N  = 250) and from Somali minority members ( N  = 198) in Britain. Results supported predictions and revealed that identification was associated with more culture maintenance preference and less culture adoption preference. Culture maintenance preference was associated with involvement in intragroup friendships, and culture adoption preference was associated with involvement in intergroup friendships and increased stress. Practical applications of the findings are discussed.

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