Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 01003, USA.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2012 Jun;51(2):257-72. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02050.x. Epub 2011 Sep 5.
This research examines cross-ethnic friendships as a predictor of perceived discrimination and support for ethnic activism over time among African American, Latino American, and Asian American undergraduate participants from a multi-year, longitudinal study conducted in the United States. Our research builds on prior cross-sectional research by testing effects longitudinally and examining how relationships among these variables may differ across ethnic minority groups. Results indicate that, over time, greater friendships with Whites predict both lower perceptions of discrimination and less support for ethnic activism among African Americans and Latino Americans, but not among Asian Americans. Implications of these findings for future research on inter-group contact, minority-majority relations, and ethnic group differences in status are discussed.
本研究考察了跨种族友谊作为一个预测指标，研究对象为来自美国一项多年纵向研究的非裔美国、拉丁裔美国和亚裔美国本科参与者，探讨了他们在一段时间内感知到的歧视和对族裔激进主义的支持情况。我们的研究是在前人横向研究的基础上进行的，通过纵向测试来检验效果，并研究这些变量之间的关系在不同少数族裔群体中可能存在的差异。研究结果表明，随着时间的推移，与白人的友谊越深厚，非裔美国人和拉丁裔美国人对歧视的看法越低，对族裔激进主义的支持也越少，但亚裔美国人则不然。本文讨论了这些发现对群体间接触、少数群体与多数群体关系以及不同族裔群体在地位上差异的未来研究的意义。
