Immigration may be perceived by members of host countries as a threat, with psychological and material impacts on immigrants' well-being: it may reinforce negative stereotypes, promote discrimination, or even encourage violence. One means of alleviating such prejudice is increased intergroup contact. However, under certain conditions, increased contact can produce harmful outcomes as intergroup contact may provide opportunities for positive and negative relationships between ingroup and outgroup members. Further, relatively little research has examined intergroup contact between native host country members and immigrants in Asian societies, and in particular, in Singapore. To address this gap, the current research examined the effects of separating, clustering, or integrating international students from local ones at two Singaporean universities. We assessed the degree to which different living arrangements impacted local and international students’ intergroup contact, satisfaction with university life, perceptions of conflict, and intergroup attitudes. The findings suggest that those who are interested in improving intergroup relations via influencing the social ecology of majority and minority residents should provide opportunities for integration over separation or enclaves.

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生活安排对本地和国际学生的幸福感、感知冲突和群体间态度的影响：实地干预的结果

移民可能被东道国的成员视为一种威胁，对移民的福祉产生心理和物质影响：它可能会强化负面的刻板印象，促进歧视，甚至鼓励暴力。减轻这种偏见的一种方法是增加群体间的接触。然而，在某些情况下，增加接触会产生有害的结果，因为群体间的接触可能会为内群体和外群体成员之间的积极和消极关系提供机会。此外，相对较少的研究考察了亚洲社会，特别是在新加坡，本土东道国成员与移民之间的群体间接触。为了解决这一差距，目前的研究检查了分离、聚类、或在两所新加坡大学整合来自当地的国际学生。我们评估了不同的生活安排对本地和国际学生的群体间接触、对大学生活的满意度、对冲突的看法和群体间态度的影响程度。研究结果表明，那些有兴趣通过影响多数和少数居民的社会生态来改善群体间关系的人应该提供融合而不是分离或飞地的机会。