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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Tavares, Carlos D Author's Email Address ctavares@nd.edu URN etd-01222009-111033 Title Why Can't We Be Friends: Why Religious Congregational-Based Social Contact Matters for Close Interracial Friendships Among Adolescents Degree Master of Arts Department Sociology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Christian Smith Committee Chair David Sikkink Committee Member Michael Emerson Committee Member Keywords
- multiracial congregations
- social contact theory
- interracial friendships
Date of Defense 2008-12-04 Availability unrestricted Abstract I explore the role of congregational racial composition on adolescent interracial friendships. I hope to make two contributions. (1) Little is known about adolescents in multiracial congregations so by focusing on them, I add to this line of research. (2) I suggest that those interested in adolescent interracial friendships need to pay attention to the racial composition of their religious congregations. Using contact theory, I hypothesize that adolescents attending multiracial congregations are more likely to have close interracial friendship than those attending uniracial congregations. I also expect increased interracial social contact in schools and neighborhoods to increase the likelihood of adolescent close interracial friendships. I use National Study for Youth and Religion Wave (NSYR) 1 data. The findings suggest that increased intteracial social contact in religious congregations has a significant positive effect on close adolescent interracial friendships. School racial composition also has a positive effect, but neighborhood is not significant.Files
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