Understanding the seating patterns in a university residence dining hall : a longitudinal study of intergroup contact and friendship

Generally, an aim of the study was to establish the level of segregation among the students in the dining hall and to attempt to understand the motivations that establish and maintain such patterns. Students' level of intergroup contact and interracial attitudes were among the factors investigated for such motivations. With this, a further aim of the study was to establish whether the patterns observed were also patterns of friendship. If this were so, then a further aim of the study was to investigate the determinants of friendship for these students, generally, in order to ascertain the level of importance of race among such determinants. The analysis was focused around 10 specific objectives.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Schrieff, Leigh

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Tredoux, Colin
• Finchilescu, Gillian

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8002

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8002