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Intergroup Contact Between Professional Groups -2 Evaluation Studies

Hewstone, Miles, Carpenter, John, Franklynstokes, A., Routh, C. (1994) Intergroup Contact Between Professional Groups -2 Evaluation Studies. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 4 (5). pp. 347-363. ISSN 1052-9284. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:20249)

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Abstract

We report two studies which evaluate practically-oriented programmes of interprofessional contact involving doctors and social workers. The evaluation is based on the 'contact hypothesis' in intergroup relations, and highlights four sets of dependent measures: background perceptions, ingroup and outgroup ratings, knowledge, and judgements about work with outgroup partners and experienced contact. Consistent with the contact hypothesis, both studies revealed an improvement in outgroup attitudes, evidence of mutual intergroup differentiation (acknowledged superiority of ingroup and outgroup on independent dimensions), and increased outgroup knowledge. Greater change in Study 2 is interpreted in terms of its longer duration, and the opportunity it provided for contact with multiple outgroup members, compared with a single outgroup partner in Study 1. These findings from field studies are consistent with results from published laboratory experiments.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: CONTACT; CONTACT HYPOTHESIS; INTERGROUP ATTITUDES; INTERGROUP CONFLICT; INTERGROUP RELATIONS
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: P. Ogbuji
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2009 06:47 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/20249 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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