Social Contact Theories to Regulate Intergroup Relations: Intergroup, Extended, Imagined Contact [PDF]
Social contact theories present strategies to regulate intergroup relations. These theories started with social contact hypothesis proposed by Allport (1954) and continued with extended contact and imagined contact theories to provide appropriate ...
Sanem KÜÇÜKKÖMÜRLER +1 more
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Intergroup contact and intergroup conflict. [PDF]
University of UlsterIntergroup contact theory is enjoying a renaissance; positive contact does reduceintergroup prejudice, but intergroup contact has generally been studied in relativelybenign settings. With a number of countries either still experiencing or having justemerged from periods of pervasive intergroup animosity, contact theory is, nowadays ...
M. Hewstone +6 more
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Imagine Being Humble: Integrating Imagined Intergroup Contact and Cultural Humility to Foster Inclusive Intergroup Relations [PDF]
To reduce prejudice and to promote intergroup harmony and equality, the imagined intergroup contact technique, based on the mental simulation of an encounter with an outgroup member, has been proposed.
Emilio Paolo Visintin +2 more
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Intergroup Contact Is Associated with Less Negative Attitude toward Women Managers: The Bolstering Effect of Social Dominance Orientation [PDF]
This cross-sectional study examined the intergroup contact hypothesis in the workplace by enrolling 150 Italian employees. Within the framework of social dominance theory, the purpose of this study was to test the assumption that individuals with higher ...
Federico Contu +2 more
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Getting connected: Intergroup contact on Facebook. [PDF]
One correlational study examined whether virtual contact via Facebook is positively related to intergroup relations. The followers of two online campaigns from Iran and Israel-whose countries have been in a politically hostile relationship since the 1980s-indicated the amount of direct and indirect virtual (Facebook) and real-life outgroup contact they
Schwab AK, Sagioglou C, Greitemeyer T.
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Intergroup Contact: The Past, Present, and the Future [PDF]
The Contact Hypothesis has long been considered one of psychology’s most effective strategies for improving intergroup relations. In this article, we review the history of the development of the Contact Hypothesis, and then we examine recent developments in this area.
John F Dovidio +2 more
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Similarity enhances psychological compatibility: Serial mediation effect of psychological kinship and intergroup contact [PDF]
Purpose: This study elucidates the relationship between similarity and ethnic psychological compatibility and its underlying psychological mechanisms.
Jiani He +4 more
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‘When Theories Meet’: Approaching Intergroup Contact from a Self- Determination Theory Perspective
Intergroup contact theory provides a useful framework for effective interventions to improve intergroup relationship; however, disharmony between various social groups perseveres.
Johanna Böttcher, Maria-Therese Friehs
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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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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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