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dc.contributor.authorSchachner, Maja K.
dc.contributor.authorBrenick, Alaina
dc.contributor.authorNoack, Peter
dc.contributor.authorVan de Vijver, Fons J.R.
dc.contributor.authorHeizmann, Boris
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-06T07:51:28Z
dc.date.available2017-03-06T07:51:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSchachner, M.K. et al. 2015. Structural and normative conditions for interethnic friendships in multiethnic classrooms. International journal of intercultural relations, 47:1–12. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.02.003]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0147–1767
dc.identifier.issn1873–7552 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/20705
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.02.003
dc.description.abstractInterethnic friendships between students are important for harmonious intercultural relations at school. Drawing on research on intergroup contact and cultural distance between immigrant and non-immigrant groups, we examined how structural and normative conditions in the classroom context are associated with friendships between early adolescents with and without an immigrant background in ethnically heterogeneous schools. The sample comprised 842 students (M$_a$$_g$$_e$ = 11.50 years, SD$_a$$_g$$_e$ = .71; 53% male) attending multiethnic schools in Southwest Germany. Results revealed that perceived positive contact norms in class and perceived cultural distance predicted friendships between immigrant and non-immigrant students in both groups, even when the ethnic composition of the classroom was taken into account. The associations were largely the same for immigrants and non-immigrants. We conclude that interventions to foster interethnic friendships should aim to reduce perceptions of cultural distance and monitor and improve contact norms in intergroup settings.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectInterethnic friendshipsen_US
dc.subjectMultiethnic schoolsen_US
dc.subjectCultural distanceen_US
dc.subjectIntergroup contacten_US
dc.subjectGermanyaen_US
dc.titleStructural and normative conditions for interethnic friendships in multiethnic classroomsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID13172735 - Van de Vijver, Alphonsius Josephus Rachel


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