Van Assche, Jasper, Swart, Hermann, Schmid, Katharina, Dhont, Kristof, Al Ramiah, Ananthi, Christ, Oliver, Kauff, Mathias, Rothmann, Sebastiaan, Savelkoul, Michael, Tausch, Nicole, and others. (2023) Intergroup Contact Is Reliably Associated With Reduced Prejudice, Even in the Face of Group Threat and Discrimination. American Psychologist, . ISSN 0003-066X. E-ISSN 1935-990X. (doi:10.1037/amp0001144) (KAR id:101112)
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Abstract
Intergroup contact provides a reliable means of reducing prejudice. Yet, critics suggested that its efficacy is undermined, even eliminated, under certain conditions. Specifically, contact may be ineffective in the face of threat, especially to (historically) advantaged groups, and discrimination, experienced especially by (historically) disadvantaged groups. We considered perceived intergroup threat and perceived discrimination as potential moderators of the effect of contact on prejudice. Two meta-analyses of correlational data from 34 studies (totaling 63,945 respondents—drawn from 67 subsamples across 19 countries) showed that contact was associated with decreased prejudice and increased out-group positivity, in cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, among advantaged and disadvantaged group members, and in both Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) and non-WEIRD contexts. Both perceived threat and perceived discrimination moderated the contact–attitude association, but in an unanticipated direction. Indeed, contact’s beneficial effects were at least as strong among individuals high (r = .19) as among individuals low (r = .18) in perceived threat. Similarly, the effects of contact were at least as strong among those high (r = .23) as among those low (r = .20) in perceived discrimination. We conclude that contact is effective for promoting tolerant societies because it is effective even among subpopulations where achieving that goal might be most challenging.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1037/amp0001144 |
Additional information: | For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising. |
Uncontrolled keywords: | intergroup contact; threat; discrimination; prejudice; intergroup relations |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
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Research Foundation - Flanders (https://ror.org/03qtxy027)
Leverhulme Trust (https://ror.org/012mzw131) European Commission (https://ror.org/00k4n6c32) |
Depositing User: | Kristof Dhont |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2023 15:06 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 13:06 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/101112 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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