Views on interracial dating among Chinese and European Canadians: The roles of culture, gender, and mainstream cultural identity

Üskül, Ayşe K.; Lalonde, Richard N.; Cheng, Lynda

doi:10.1177/0265407507084189

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“…Schwartz' values survey (1994) demonstrated that Canada valued egalitarianism; these values can be observed in Canada's Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Government of Canada, 1982), which endorse equal rights, tolerance, and multiculturalism. In this vein, Uskul et al (2007) found that Chinese Canadians' endorsement of their Canadian identity was positively correlated with their personal openness to date interculturally. It is possible that the categorized participants, who all identified primarily as Canadians, perceived Canada to be an open and egalitarian context, thus engendering a sense of inclusiveness and tolerance, which, in turn, may have affected their well-being positively, as captured by their narrative coherence.…”

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Multicultural identity integration and well-being: a qualitative exploration of variations in narrative coherence and multicultural identification

Yampolsky¹,

Amiot²,

Sablonnière³

2013

Front. Psychol.

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Understanding the experiences of multicultural individuals is vital in our diverse populations. Multicultural people often need to navigate the different norms and values associated with their multiple cultural identities. Recent research on multicultural identification has focused on how individuals with multiple cultural groups manage these different identities within the self, and how this process predicts well-being. The current study built on this research by using a qualitative method to examine the process of configuring one's identities within the self. The present study employed three of the four different multiple identity configurations in Amiot et al. (2007) cognitive-developmental model of social identity integration: categorization, where people identify with one of their cultural groups over others; compartmentalization, where individuals maintain multiple, separate identities within themselves; and integration, where people link their multiple cultural identities. Life narratives were used to investigate the relationship between each of these configurations and well-being, as indicated by narrative coherence. It was expected that individuals with integrated cultural identities would report greater narrative coherence than individuals who compartmentalized and categorized their cultural identities. For all twenty-two participants, identity integration was significantly and positively related to narrative coherence, while compartmentalization was significantly and negatively related to narrative coherence. ANOVAs revealed that integrated and categorized participants reported significantly greater narrative coherence than compartmentalized participants. These findings are discussed in light of previous research on multicultural identity integration.

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Multicultural identity integration and well-being: a qualitative exploration of variations in narrative coherence and multicultural identification

Yampolsky¹,

Amiot²,

Sablonnière³

2013

Front. Psychol.

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“…Therefore, assessing the receptivity to cross‐group romantic relationships, as well as intergroup attitudes in general, provides a much more nuanced understanding of intergroup relations in the region. Interest in these relationships goes beyond a toleration or acceptance of the outgroup, it infers a willingness to integrate with the outgroup on a much more intimate level—a level which has the potential to blur group boundaries through social and even familial ties (Uskul, Lalonde, & Cheng, 2007). Furthermore, the consequences of actually being in a cross‐group romantic relationship in Northern Ireland have been shown to be largely positive for intergroup attitudes and behaviors (Lloyd & Robinson, 2011), and so a deeper understanding of when and why people choose to enter into such relationships is needed.…”

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“…While such hypotheses are reasonable, there is an important distinction between general outgroup attitudes and attitudes toward cross‐group romances . Due to their potential to merge familial and community identities, cross‐group romantic relationships, particularly more serious relationships, such as marriage, may be viewed as more threatening and so are considered a substantial norm violation and face much greater disapproval from parents and peers than other forms of contact (Uskul et al, 2007). For example, although being friends with an outgroup member may be tolerated to a degree, dating an outgroup member may encounter sharp criticism from ingroup members, and intergroup marriage may be deemed unacceptable and, indeed, out of the question (Leonard, 2009).…”

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Receptivity to dating and marriage across the religious divide in Northern Ireland: The role of intergroup contact

Paterson

Turner

Hodson³

2019

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Intergroup contact has long been recognized as an important factor in promoting positive intergroup attitudes. However, in operationalizing intergroup attitudes, previous studies have rarely investigated attitudes toward one of the most intimate forms of contact, romantic relationships. In this study (N = 176), we expand the intergroup contact literature to examine the association between intergroup contact and, arguably, a litmus test of intergroup attitudes: receptivity to intergroup romance. We do so in Northern Ireland, a context that is historically and presently characterized by sectarian division and tension between Catholics and Protestants. Our findings reveal that intergroup contact is positively associated with receptivity to both dating and marrying an outgroup member. These associations are mediated by ingroup norms toward outgroup romances. General outgroup attitudes were also found to be positively associated with contact but, in contrast to romantic attitudes, this association was shown, for the first time, to be simultaneously mediated by ingroup norms, anxiety, empathy, and trust. In addition, strength of ingroup identification played a moderating role, with a stronger positive relationship between contact and both romantic and general outgroup attitudes among higher identifiers. The findings highlight the importance of examining attitudes toward intergroup romantic relationships, as well as understanding the different mediating and moderating mechanisms which may account for how contact influences general attitudes and romantic attitudes. In the wake of the UK vote to leave the European Union, they also serve as an important reminder of how intergroup contact can be effective in promoting peace in Northern Ireland.

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“…Research has given space to cultural and social context and to family system (family social network), as factors in mate selection process, investigating societies in transition from traditionalism to modernism (e.g. Surra & Huston, 1987;Cate et al, 2002;Uskul et al, 2007;Zhang & Kline, 2009;Nesteruk & Gramescu, 2012). …”

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Gender Abuse in Intimate Relationships: From Structural Coupling Theory to Emergence of Couple System

Condorelli¹

2017

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Is love predictable in its choices? Linear Determinism, Randomness or Complexity? By applying theoretical coordinates of current sociological interpretations of intimacy and conceptual categories of New General System Theory, the paper reflects on one-factor and linear determinism implicitly underlying mate selection processes in Structural Coupling Theory and its implications for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Assuming personality structure as the predictor of partner choice as well as victimization risk, SCT circumscribes victimization risk just to one category of women (insecure/avoidant women coupling with ambivalent partners). We propose that adaptive complex system and non-banal machine concepts are more effective to understand the mate selection process than linear deterministic approach, which appears too mechanistic for a process that exhibits an inextricable dimension of uncertainty and unpredictability. Research results on a sample of 100 victims of IPV do not corroborate the linear one-factor determinism underlying Structural Coupling Theory neither its implications. Rather they go in the direction of Complexity.

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Views on interracial dating among Chinese and European Canadians: The roles of culture, gender, and mainstream cultural identity

Cited by 28 publications

References 36 publications

Multicultural identity integration and well-being: a qualitative exploration of variations in narrative coherence and multicultural identification

Multicultural identity integration and well-being: a qualitative exploration of variations in narrative coherence and multicultural identification

Receptivity to dating and marriage across the religious divide in Northern Ireland: The role of intergroup contact

Gender Abuse in Intimate Relationships: From Structural Coupling Theory to Emergence of Couple System

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