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TY - JOUR
T1 - Encounters at the Edge
T2 - When contact builds bridges or barriers in refugee-receiving countries
AU - Bekaroglu, Edip Asaf
AU - Kaya, Yunus
AU - Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm, Rahime
AU - Cin, Melis
AU - Dogan, Necmettin
PY - 2025/7/16
Y1 - 2025/7/16
N2 - Policymakers often assume that interactions between host society members and immigrants will promote integration. However, scholars caution against such assumptions, considering both contact theory's optimism and group threat theory's concerns. In the present study, we examine a series of hypotheses pertaining to intergroup contact and group threat theories, utilising data collected from Istanbul, Türkiye. Ordered logistic regression models are employed to examine how contact and threat dynamics affect integration perceptions. Findings indicate that the quality and site of intergroup contact, rather than its quantity, significantly influence host community members' perceptions of refugee integration and Syrians' self‐perceptions of their integration. Furthermore, threat perceptions significantly affect integration perceptions while intergroup contact moderates the impact of threat perception.
AB - Policymakers often assume that interactions between host society members and immigrants will promote integration. However, scholars caution against such assumptions, considering both contact theory's optimism and group threat theory's concerns. In the present study, we examine a series of hypotheses pertaining to intergroup contact and group threat theories, utilising data collected from Istanbul, Türkiye. Ordered logistic regression models are employed to examine how contact and threat dynamics affect integration perceptions. Findings indicate that the quality and site of intergroup contact, rather than its quantity, significantly influence host community members' perceptions of refugee integration and Syrians' self‐perceptions of their integration. Furthermore, threat perceptions significantly affect integration perceptions while intergroup contact moderates the impact of threat perception.
U2 - 10.1111/imig.70071
DO - 10.1111/imig.70071
M3 - Journal article
VL - 63
JO - International Migration
JF - International Migration
SN - 0020-7985
IS - 4
M1 - e70071
ER -