Coppie miste in Italia e in Spagna. Uno studio sui fattori che favoriscono il senso di comunità dei partner stranieri

The aim of this paper was to analyze how ethnic identification (ingroup and outgroup) and perceived discrimination (both as foreigner as partner of mixed couple) are related to sense of community (SoC) among foreign partners in intercultural families resident in Italy and Spain. The results show that in both groups the foreign partner’s identification with their own ethnic-cultural group is not associated with SoC. In turn, increased perceived discrimination as a partner of mixed couple leads to a decreased SoC and life satisfaction.