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Group Contacts and Ethnicity in the Social Identities of Mexicanos and Chicanos

Patricia Gurin

University of Michigan

Aida Hurtado

University of California at Santa Cruz

Timothy Peng

University of Michigan

Factor analyses of social identity labels between two subgroups of the Mexican-descent population supported the prediction that the identities of English-dominant persons born in the United States (Chicanos) would be more differentiated than those of Spanish-dominant persons born in Mexico (Mexicanos). The content of their identities also differed. As predicted, because of differences in length of residence, language facility, geographic dispersal, and likelihood of working in ethnically diverse settings, Chicanos and Mexicanos had different patterns of intra-group and intergroup contacts. Chicanos had less contact with other persons of Mexican descent and more contact with members of other ethnic groups. Predicted relationships between group contacts and social identities were better supported for Chicanos than for Mexicanos. Overall, the study supports the general framework offered in which macrosocial conditions set up particular microsocial conditions (group contacts) that, in turn, influence the formation of social identities.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 5, 521-532 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167294205009
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