Fusion of “You and Me”: Cultural Mixing Promotes Intergroup Psychological Compatibility

• Published in: Journal of cross-cultural psychology Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 353 - 369
• Main Authors: Bao, Yan, Zhao, Yufang, Xiao, Zilun, Liang, Fangmei, Wang, Weichao, li, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2020; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attitudes; Between-subjects design; Compatibility; Ethnic groups; Group identity; Intergroup contact; Intergroup relations; Minority groups; Provinces; Psychological research; Social contact; Undergraduate students; psychological compatibility; perceived connection; cultural mixing; corresponding cultural outgroup

Previous research has mainly examined individuals’ attitudes to cultural mixing per se, and rarely examined the attitudes to the outgroup involved in cultural mixing. Exposure to ingroup–outgroup cultural mixing may be an indirect intergroup contact, which can promote individuals’ psychological comp...