title: Antecedents of intra/intergroup friendships and stress levels among ethnic and religious minority members.
abstract: Two studies tested a model, whereby, identification with the minority group was predicted to impact on acculturation preferences, which in turn were proposed to impact involvement in intragroup friendships with other minority members, intergroup friendships with majority members and stress experienced by minority members. A direct path from minority identification to stress was also included in the model. The model was tested using structural equation modelling on survey data collected from Muslim women (N = 250) and from Somali minority members (N = 198) in Britain. Results supported predictions and revealed that identification was associated with more culture maintenance preference and less culture adoption preference. Culture maintenance preference was associated with involvement in intragroup friendships, and culture adoption preference was associated with involvement in intergroup friendships and increased stress. Practical applications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zagefka
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Abdinasir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Gehad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mursi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Siugmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lay
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D012933:Social Identification; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acculturation; Acculturative stress; Cross-group friendship; Ethnic minority; Identification; Intergroup friendship; Religious minority