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"United in diversity": The interplay of social network characteristics and personality in predicting outgroup attitudes
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Abstract Diversity in social relations is important for reducing prejudice. Yet, the question of when this occurs remains open. Using a social network approach, we test whether the link between outgroup attitudes and number of intra- and intergroup contacts is moderated by type of relationship (strong vs. we... view more
Diversity in social relations is important for reducing prejudice. Yet, the question of when this occurs remains open. Using a social network approach, we test whether the link between outgroup attitudes and number of intra- and intergroup contacts is moderated by type of relationship (strong vs. weak ties) and personality (openness to experience) while also considering network structure (connections between contacts). In a culturally diverse sample of 122 immigrants residing in Barcelona, positive outgroup attitudes were predicted by several network characteristics: low proportion of intragroup contacts and high proportion of intergroup contacts among strong ties, high ethnic diversity among strong ties, low connectedness among contacts in the country of origin, and high connectedness between coethnic local and host national contacts. Openness to experience moderated these effects. These results affirm the intergroup benefits of having compositionally and structurally diverse networks, and the gain in examining intergroup dynamics at the meso level of analysis.... view less
Keywords
immigration; group membership; group cohesion; social relations; multicultural society; outgroup; attitude; social network
Classification
Social Psychology
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
immigration; intergroup contact; openness to experience; outgroup attitudes; personal social networks
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1-27
Journal
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (2021) OnlineFirst
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211002918
ISSN
1461-7188
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0