The current study examined social networking sites, specifically Twitter and Facebook, as spaces for intergroup communication and contact between members of two national groups, Germans and Greeks, during the turbulent times of the Greek economic crisis.
Kioumi Eleni, Gardikiotis Antonis
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What makes a young assertive bystander? The effect of intergroup contact, empathy, cultural openness, and in-Group bias on assertive bystander intervention intentions. [PDF]
The present research tests the indirect effects of intergroup contact on adolescents’ bystander intervention intentions via four potential mediators: “empathy,” “cultural openness,” “in-group bias,” and “intergroup anxiety.” British adolescents (N = 855),
Abbott, N +7 more
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Anxiety and Uncertainty in Intercultural Communication: An Experimental Study
Introduction. This article presents the results of an experimental study of the contribution of anxiety and uncertainty to intercultural interaction, considered in the context of W. Gudykunst’s anxiety/uncertainty management theory.
Олег Е. Хухлаев +1 more
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Previous studies had shown the benefits of extended intergroup contact for outgroup attitude, mainly when direct intergroup contact is blocked. However, there have not studies that attempt to directly compare the role of extended contact in outgroup ...
Whinda Yustisia, Joevarian Hudijana
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Changing the ideological roots of prejudice: Longitudinal effects of ethnic intergroup contact on social dominance orientation [PDF]
Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) has been reported to be strongly related to a multitude of intergroup phenomena, but little is known about situational experiences that may influence SDO.
Hewstone, Miles +5 more
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Changing children’s intergroup attitudes towards refugees: Testing different models of extended contact [PDF]
The present research evaluated an intervention, derived from the "extended contact hypothesis," which aimed to change children's intergroup attitudes toward refugees. The study (n=253) tested 3 models of extended contact among 5- to 11-year-old children:
Brown, Rupert +7 more
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Intergroup contact and endorsement of social change motivations: The mediating role of intergroup trust, perspective-taking, and intergroup anxiety among three advantaged groups in Northern Cyprus, Romania, and Israel [PDF]
Three studies investigated the effect of intergroup contact and social identification on social change among three advantaged groups in Cyprus, Romania, and Israel.
Cakal, Huseyin
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Enhancing special care dentistry with sensory-adapted dental environment: A comparative study
Aim: To compare and evaluate the effect of sensory-adapted dental environment (SADE) and regular dental environment in reducing anxiety levels in children with intellectual disabilities.
Simin Kittur +4 more
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Counseling represents a form of intergroup communication that could theoretically lead to less intergroup anxiety and prejudice but represents a form of intergroup contact that has not previously been studied.
Romy RW, Nick Joyce
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Imagined contact as a prejudice?reduction intervention in schools: The underlying role of similarity and attitudes [PDF]
The present research tested a prejudice?reduction intervention based on imagined contact. White children imagined interacting with a child from an ethnic out?group (Asian) once a week for 3 weeks, or did not take part in this activity (control group ...
Cameron, Lindsey +3 more
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