The Relationships of Intergroup Contact to Social Identity and Political Consciousness.

Rodriguez, Jaclyn; Gurin, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ415473

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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The Relationships of Intergroup Contact to Social Identity and Political Consciousness.

Rodriguez, Jaclyn; Gurin, Patricia

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v12 n3 p235-55 Aug 1990

Examines Mexican Americans' social identities and group political consciousness toward dominant White majority and other ethnic groups. Explores effects of intergroup and intragroup contacts on social and political identity attitudes. Evidence supports relationships among contact types, social identity, and political consciousness. Anglo contact related to conservative political attitudes. (TES)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Culture Contact, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations, Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology), Intercultural Communication, Mexican Americans, Political Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Social Environment, Social Influences, Social Integration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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