“United in diversity”: the interplay of social network characteristics and personality in predicting outgroup attitudes

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• dc.contributor.author Bobowik, Magdalena
• dc.contributor.author Benet-Martínez, Verónica
• dc.contributor.author Repke, Lydia
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-27T07:23:23Z
• dc.date.available 2023-07-27T07:23:23Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.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. 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
• dc.description.sponsorship The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a grant obtained by V. B.-M. from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PSI2016-79300-R) and by “la Caixa” Foundation (RecerCaixa program 2012). L. R. was supported by the German National Scholarship Foundation.
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• dc.identifier.citation Bobowik M, Benet-Martínez V, Repke L. “United in diversity”: the interplay of social network characteristics and personality in predicting outgroup attitudes. Group Process Intergroup Relat. 2022;25(5):1175-201. DOI: 10.1177/13684302211002918
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13684302211002918
• dc.identifier.issn 1368-4302
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57684
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publications
• dc.relation.ispartof Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 2022;25(5):1175-201.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/PSI2016-79300-R
• dc.rights Author(s), “United in diversity”: the interplay of social network characteristics and personality in predicting outgroup attitudes, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (Vol. 25, Iss. 5) pp. 1175-201. Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). DOI: 10.1177/13684302211002918
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• dc.subject.keyword immigration
• dc.subject.keyword intergroup contact
• dc.subject.keyword openness to experience
• dc.subject.keyword outgroup attitudes
• dc.subject.keyword personal social networks
• dc.title “United in diversity”: the interplay of social network characteristics and personality in predicting outgroup attitudes
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