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Publication Date: 2021-May
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Cross-Ethnic Friendships among Ethnic Minority and Han Students at a Chinese University
Sun, Xiaoyang; Lee, Jenny Jong-Hwa; Rhoads, Robert A.; Wang, Xuyan
Comparative Education Review, v65 n2 p248-270 May 2021
This article examines cross-ethnic friendships among ethnic minority and Han majority students at a Chinese university. This university is characterized by its institutional mission to meet the needs of ethnic minority students and its commitment to serving as a minority-majority university. However, our study demonstrates that high levels of intergroup contact cannot be presumed in ethnically diverse environments. In fact, patterns of cross-ethnic friendships varied widely among ethnic minority and Han students as a result of various factors such as language fluency and ethnic homophily. Gordon Allport's intergroup contact hypothesis provided a useful conceptual framework to highlight the conditions that either constrain or promote positive intergroup contact and cross-ethnic friendships in higher education settings.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Friendship, Intergroup Relations, Minority Group Students, Language Fluency, Ethnicity
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: China
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