Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact
Research on intergroup contact has considered how the occurrence and experience of contact is affected by ingroup members. Qualitative studies of contact in real-life settings have additionally highlighted how multiple actors can affect the manifestation of contact. This article shows how the presen...
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| description | Research on intergroup contact has considered how the occurrence and experience of contact is affected by ingroup members. Qualitative studies of contact in real-life settings have additionally highlighted how multiple actors can affect the manifestation of contact. This article shows how the presence of one’s child can shape immigrant mothers’ contact experiences in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods. Ten immigrant mothers living in Helsinki, Finland, were interviewed twice over a six-month period about their intergroup interactions in their locale. Using a thematic analysis, we identified three themes depicting immigrant mothers’ experiences of intergroup contacts in their child’s presence: i) feeling visible to others, ii) seeking harmonious contact, and iii) anticipating problems. The results illustrate how a child affords unique opportunities for an immigrant mother to engage in interethnic contact, but also brings distinctive threats. This suggests the need to further consider how different types of intragroup dynamics can shape intergroup contacts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9b25539384b4bb7bc3e2b07071e5a0a2023-01-03T03:39:55ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyJournal of Social and Political Psychology2195-33252022-08-0110243044410.5964/jspp.7477jspp.7477Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup ContactPaula Paajanen0Tuija Seppälä1Clifford Stevenson2Eerika Finell3Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandSchool of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United KingdomDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandResearch on intergroup contact has considered how the occurrence and experience of contact is affected by ingroup members. Qualitative studies of contact in real-life settings have additionally highlighted how multiple actors can affect the manifestation of contact. This article shows how the presence of one’s child can shape immigrant mothers’ contact experiences in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods. Ten immigrant mothers living in Helsinki, Finland, were interviewed twice over a six-month period about their intergroup interactions in their locale. Using a thematic analysis, we identified three themes depicting immigrant mothers’ experiences of intergroup contacts in their child’s presence: i) feeling visible to others, ii) seeking harmonious contact, and iii) anticipating problems. The results illustrate how a child affords unique opportunities for an immigrant mother to engage in interethnic contact, but also brings distinctive threats. This suggests the need to further consider how different types of intragroup dynamics can shape intergroup contacts.https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/7477intergroup relationscontact hypothesisdirect contactindirect contacttriadic contactminority experienceimmigrant mothers |
| spellingShingle | Paula Paajanen Tuija Seppälä Clifford Stevenson Eerika Finell Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact Journal of Social and Political Psychology intergroup relations contact hypothesis direct contact indirect contact triadic contact minority experience immigrant mothers |
| title | Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact |
| title_full | Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact |
| title_fullStr | Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact |
| title_full_unstemmed | Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact |
| title_short | Child’s Presence Shapes Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Everyday Intergroup Contact |
| title_sort | child s presence shapes immigrant women s experiences of everyday intergroup contact |
| topic | intergroup relations contact hypothesis direct contact indirect contact triadic contact minority experience immigrant mothers |
| url | https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/7477 |
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