Social Distance Among Caucasian-Canadians and Asian, Latin-American and Eastern European Immigrants in Quebec

A Two-Part Study

Bibliographic Data

ID13920522
AuthorsIlona Jerabek (Bishop's University, corresponding author), A F De Man (Bishop's University)
Year1994
Volume22
Issue3
Pages297-303
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Behavior and Personality An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0301-2212 • E-ISSN: 1179-6391
PublisherScientific Journal Publishers Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2224/sbp.1994.22.3.297
OpenAlexW2094507314
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited16

Caucasian Canadians and Asian, Latin-American, and Eastern European immigrants (N=109) participated in a two-part study of inter-group social distance. In the first part, ANOVA showed that of the four groups, Asians reported the greatest social dist ance toward others, whereby they did not differentiate between the three out -groups. Next were the Latin-Americans who preferred Caucasian Canadians over Eastern Europeans and Asians. Eastern Europeans in turn felt closest to Caucasian Canadians and less close to Latin-Americans and Asians. Caucasian Canadians reported the smallest overall social distance; they did not differentiate between the three out-groups. As target group, Caucasian Canadians were more preferred than were Asians, Latin-Americans, and Eastern Europeans. The latter three groups in turn received greatest sympathetic understanding from Caucasian Canadians. In the second part, analyses of the data of the four groups combined indicated that individuals with limited education, low family income, and high authoritarianism perceived greater social distance between themselves and members of out-groups

Asian americans · Ethnic group · Geography · Immigration · Latin Americans · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Differences and Values · Demography · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology