Can I Be Myself Around Natives? Feelings of Inauthenticity Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Discrimination and Tendencies to Avoid Friendships With Natives Among Refugees in Germany
| Autor: | Christina Anna Bauer, Bettina Hannover |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Refugee 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology social integration 300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie::301 Soziologie Anthropologie Time perception refugees 050105 experimental psychology Reflexive pronoun Friendship Social integration authenticity Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Feeling 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences friendships Psychology Social psychology General Psychology media_common discrimination |
| DOI: | 10.17169/refubium-29356 |
| Popis: | Abstract. The social integration of the ever-growing number of refugees in receiving societies is of major importance. Perceived discrimination has been found to predict fewer friendships with natives over time. But what short-term mechanisms explain this effect? In a sample of 115 refugees living in Germany we (i) replicated the long-term discrimination-social-integration relationship, (ii) found short-term associations between discrimination and affective, motivational, and behavioral tendencies not to befriend natives, and (iii) showed authenticity to mediate this short-term relationship: with increasing discrimination, refugees felt less like they could show their authentic selves around natives, which in turn impaired tendencies to befriend natives. Discrimination may impede the formation of interethnic friendships by instilling feelings of inauthenticity. Implications for prevention measures are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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