Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry
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 Ice...
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| author | Árnadóttir, K Lolliot, S Brown, R Hewstone, M |
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| description | 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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| spelling | oxford-uuid:99ee0180-7a21-4f38-9a54-8187b362a4bb2022-03-27T00:17:50ZPositive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetryJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:99ee0180-7a21-4f38-9a54-8187b362a4bbSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2018Árnadóttir, KLolliot, SBrown, RHewstone, MThis 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. |
| spellingShingle | Árnadóttir, K Lolliot, S Brown, R Hewstone, M Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry |
| title | Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry |
| title_full | Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry |
| title_fullStr | Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry |
| title_short | Positive and negative intergroup contact: interaction not asymmetry |
| title_sort | positive and negative intergroup contact interaction not asymmetry |
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