Ethnic Identity and Close Friendship in Chinese-American College Students.

Autor/in	Ting-Toomey, Stella
Titel	Ethnic Identity and Close Friendship in Chinese-American College Students.
Quelle	(1980), (28 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Quantitative Daten; Adults; Chinese Americans; Communication Research; Communication Skills; Communication (Thought Transfer); Cultural Differences; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Friendship; Higher Education; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Kommunikationsforschung; Kommunikationsstil; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Kultureller Unterschied; Ethnie; Ethnizität; Freundschaft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	A study was undertaken to explore the relationship between ethnic identity and close friendship communication patterns in Chinese-American college students. Specifically, the study investigated intergenerational differences, proximity to Asian or Caucasian groups, frequency of communication, friendship network size, perceived similarity to Asians and to Caucasians, and degree of intimacy as related to ethnic identity and close friendship. The questionnaire responses of sixty Chinese-American students showed that generation difference was a reliable predictor of ethnic identity for first and second generation subjects and that proximity to Asian or Caucasian groups was a crucial factor that influenced the ethnicity of subjects' close friendship networks. All friendship variables were related on the zero-order correlation analyses. However, no relationship was found between ethnic identity and the ethnicity of subjects' friendship networks. (FL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01