Child’s presence shapes immigrant women’s experiences of everyday intergroup contact

Paajanen, P, Seppälä, T, Stevenson, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2438-6425 and Finell, E, 2022. Child’s presence shapes immigrant women’s experiences of everyday intergroup contact. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 10 (2), pp. 430-444. ISSN 2195-3325

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Creators:	Paajanen, P., Seppälä, T., Stevenson, C. and Finell, E.
Publisher:	PsychOpen
Date:	26 August 2022
Volume:	10
Number:	2
ISSN:	2195-3325
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.5964/jspp.7477 DOI 1591679 Other
Rights:	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	18 Aug 2022 13:43
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2023 11:07
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46892

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