Positive and negative intergroup contact: Interaction not asymmetry
Abstract This research reports a novel investigation into the comparative effects of positive and negative direct and extended intergroup contact on intergroup orientations. It tested the generality of the positive–negative asymmetry effect among majority (N = 357) and minority (N = 101) group membe...
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crwiley:10.1002/ejsp.2365 2024-09-15T18:13:58+00:00 Positive and negative intergroup contact: Interaction not asymmetry Árnadóttir, Katrín Lolliot, Simon Brown, Rupert Hewstone, Miles 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2365 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fejsp.2365 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ejsp.2365 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor European Journal of Social Psychology volume 48, issue 6, page 784-800 ISSN 0046-2772 1099-0992 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2365 2024-08-30T04:09:15Z Abstract This research reports a novel investigation into the comparative effects of positive and negative direct and extended intergroup contact on intergroup orientations. It tested the generality of the positive–negative asymmetry effect among majority (N = 357) and minority (N = 101) group members in Iceland. Little evidence of asymmetry was observed: the beneficial effects of positive contact were mostly as strong as the detrimental effects of negative contact, for both direct and extended contact. However, evidence was found for alternative interaction models in which positive contact buffers the negative effects of negative contact, and negative contact enhances the benefits of positive contact. These interaction effects were found only for direct contact and principally in the majority group, but were also found for the minority group, though more weakly. No interaction was observed for extended contact. It appeared that differential group salience elicited by positive and negative contact could partly contribute to the explanation of the observed effects, at least in the majority sample. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library European Journal of Social Psychology 48 6 784 800 |
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Abstract This research reports a novel investigation into the comparative effects of positive and negative direct and extended intergroup contact on intergroup orientations. It tested the generality of the positive–negative asymmetry effect among majority (N = 357) and minority (N = 101) group members in Iceland. Little evidence of asymmetry was observed: the beneficial effects of positive contact were mostly as strong as the detrimental effects of negative contact, for both direct and extended contact. However, evidence was found for alternative interaction models in which positive contact buffers the negative effects of negative contact, and negative contact enhances the benefits of positive contact. These interaction effects were found only for direct contact and principally in the majority group, but were also found for the minority group, though more weakly. No interaction was observed for extended contact. It appeared that differential group salience elicited by positive and negative contact could partly contribute to the explanation of the observed effects, at least in the majority sample. |
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Árnadóttir, Katrín Lolliot, Simon Brown, Rupert Hewstone, Miles Positive and negative intergroup contact: Interaction not asymmetry |
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Árnadóttir, Katrín Lolliot, Simon Brown, Rupert Hewstone, Miles |
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Positive and negative intergroup contact: Interaction not asymmetry |
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Positive and negative intergroup contact: Interaction not asymmetry |
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Positive and negative intergroup contact: Interaction not asymmetry |
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