TY  - BOOK
AU  - BEN-SHALOM Uzi
TI  - Soldiers' In-Group and Out-Group Peer Perception: Contact and Ethnic Identity
PY  - 2012///
KW  - ETHNIC IDENTITY
N2  - The role of intergroup contact and ethnic identity in forming stereotypes was investigated in a military setting. The samples included 535 immigrant soldiers, serving in immigrant-only, combat and administrative units. Participants rated their ethnic identity and their perception of in-group and out-group soldiers. Significant effects were found for unit type, ethnic identity (low vs. high), and the interaction between these variables. In-group perceptions were more positive than out-group perceptions. Interdependence is important for enhancing out-group perception and, unlike contact, buffers the negative effect of ethnic identity on out-group perception
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