关键词: 多维族际接触；接触类型；积极接触；消极接触

Abstract: Based on intergroup contact research and interethnic relations in China, Multi-dimensional Interethnic Contact Scale (MICS) was developed. According to five contact types (direct contact, internet contact, extended contact, vicarious contact, and imagined contact) and two kinds of contact valences (positive contact and negative contact), ten kinds of interethnic contacts were constructed, then item composition, preliminary test, formal test, and item selection were conducted, finally 4 items for each contact were chosen. The psychometric properties were examined on a total sample of 1643 college students (373 Uyghur and 325 Han from inland cities, 502 Uyghur and 443 Han from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). The results indicated that MICS had good reliabilities and validities: Principal component analysis of ten contact types revealed two dimensions of contact (positive contact and negative contact), which were congruent across regions and ethnics; the reliabilities of the ten subscales and two scales of different valences were acceptable; a two-order CFA based on the total sample showed good model fit. Mean differences test showed that positive contact occurred more frequently than negative contact and there were significant interactions between ethnic and region for both positive contact and negative contact. The construction and measurement of MICS, as well as the effects of ethnic and region on interethnic contact are discussed.

Key words: multi-dimensional interethnic contact; contact types; positive contact; negative contact