This study examined the relationship between levels of multicultural personality, the quantity and quality of intergroup contact, and positive attitudes (allophilia) toward Asian Americans among college students enrolled at a Midwestern university in the United States. Asian Americans represent the fastest growing racial/ethnic cohort in the United States, yet they continue to face oppression and racism. Although extensive research has examined the impact of intergroup contact and individual difference variables on negative attitudes toward minority groups, much less research has examined factors impacting positive outgroup (or allophilic) attitudes. Furthermore, recent research has documented that narrow personality traits (e.g., multicultural personality) are superior to broad traits (e.g., Big Five) in predicting attitudes and behavior in multicultural contexts. The authors hypothesized that the quantity and quality of contact with Asian Americans would mediate the direct relationship between multicultural personality and allophilic attitudes toward Asian Americans. A sample of 876 undergraduate students (Mage = 19.5 years, 69.4% female, 79% White) were recruited for structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses. Results largely supported the hypotheses, suggesting that quality and quantity of intergroup contact mediate the relationship between multicultural personality and allophilia. Further, using the newer procedure of exploratory structural equation modeling, the authors identified a bifactor model with a strong general factor undergirding the Multicultural Personality Inventory. Positive attitudes toward Asian Americans are predicted by multicultural personality and mediated by intergroup contact quality and quantity.

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多元文化人格、群体间接触和对亚裔美国人的积极外群体态度之间的关系。

本研究调查了在美国中西部大学就读的大学生的多元文化人格水平、群体间接触的数量和质量以及对亚裔美国人的积极态度（allophilia）之间的关系。亚裔美国人是美国增长最快的种族/族裔群体，但他们继续面临压迫和种族主义。尽管广泛的研究考察了群体间接触和个体差异变量对少数群体消极态度的影响，但很少有研究考察影响积极的外群体（或异嗜性）态度的因素。此外，最近的研究表明，狭义的人格特征（例如，多元文化人格）优于广义的特征（例如，Big Five）在多元文化背景下预测态度和行为。作者假设与亚裔美国人接触的数量和质量会调节多元文化个性与对亚裔美国人的异性态度之间的直接关系。招募了 876 名本科生样本（法师 = 19.5 岁，69.4% 女性，79% 白人）进行结构方程建模以测试假设。结果在很大程度上支持了假设，表明群体间接触的质量和数量在多元文化人格和异恋癖之间起到了中介作用。此外，作者使用探索性结构方程建模的新程序，确定了一个双因素模型，该模型具有支持多元文化人格量表的强大一般因素。