Close relationships between Asian American and European American college students.

Full Abstract

The authors examined attitudes and behaviors regarding close relationships between European and Asian Americans, with a particular emphasis on 5 major subgroups of Asian Americans (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino Americans). Participants were 218 Asian American college students and 171 European American college students attending a culturally diverse university. The European Americans did not differentiate among the various subgroups of Asian Americans. Their attitudes regarding close relationships were less positive toward Asian Americans than toward Mexican and African Americans, a finding contrary to the prediction of social exchange theory (H. Tajfel, 1975). In contrast to the European Americans' view of homogeneity among Asian Americans, the 5 major subgroups of Asian Americans expressed a distinctive hierarchy of social preference among themselves. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for future research on interethnic relations involving Asian Americans.

Author information

Author/s: Chen, C (C); Edwards, K (K); Young, B (B); Greenberger, E (E);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of social psychology (J Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2001-Feb; vol 141 (issue 1) : pp 85-100

Dates: Created 2001/04/10; Completed 2001/05/17; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 11294169, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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