The psychology of diaspora experiences: intergroup contact, perceived discrimination, and the ethnic identity of Koreans in China.
The moderating role of intergroup contact on the relationship between perceived discrimination and ethnic identity was examined in a diaspora community of Koreans living in China. It was hypothesized that Koreans with higher intergroup contact would have a lower ethnic identity under higher discrimination, whereas Koreans with lower intergroup contact would have a higher ethnic identity. Across two separate college samples, Koreans who were more willing to interact with Han Chinese had a lower ethnic identity when discrimination was higher, but this finding was not replicated within one college setting. These findings challenge the linear rejection-identification model and suggest displaced people may minimize ingroup-outgroup differences, depending on their willingness to seek intergroup contact.
Lee
Richard M
RM
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. richlee@umn.edu
Noh
Chi-Young
CY
Yoo
Hyung Chol
HC
Doh
Hyun-Sim
HS
D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification