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Intergroup Contacts, Neighborhood Diversity, and Community Trust: the Asymmetrical Impact of Negative and Positive Experiences
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Abstract Intergroup contacts can occur in many different places but are often studied only limited to a specific context. This study contributes with data that taps intergroup contacts that occur in both the private and the public sphere, using data from a large-scale survey directed towards individuals nest... view more
Intergroup contacts can occur in many different places but are often studied only limited to a specific context. This study contributes with data that taps intergroup contacts that occur in both the private and the public sphere, using data from a large-scale survey directed towards individuals nested within 36 different municipalities and over 1,250 different neighborhoods with varying levels of visible minorities. The results also showed that just using the mere frequency of intergroup contacts is not sufficient to understand its association with community trust. Intergroup contacts that occurred in the neighborhood and in civil society organizations had a statistically significant association with community trust, while intergroup contacts that occurred in schools/workplaces and at home did not. The results also indicated that the neighborhood context moderated the impact of intergroup contacts. Whether contacts generated negative experiences mattered. Negative experiences mattered more for community trust especially for those who lived in diverse neighborhoods. The results indicated an asymmetry between the importance of positive and negative experiences of intergroup contacts for community trust.... view less
Keywords
EVS; Sweden; community; neighborhood; confidence; contact; diversity; group; asymmetry
Classification
Social Psychology
Free Keywords
community trust; intergroup contacts; contact valence; mixed models; Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS) (ZA7505 v1.1.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 163-188
Journal
Journal of international migration and integration, 24 (2023) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00932-z
ISSN
1874-6365
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed