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Extended contact and affective factors: A review and suggestions for future research

Extended contact and affective factors: A review and suggestions for future research

Birtel, Michèle D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2383-9197, Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-5239 (2018) Extended contact and affective factors: A review and suggestions for future research. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 25 (2). pp. 213-238. ISSN 1972-6325 (doi:10.4473/TPM25.2.4)

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Abstract

Extended intergroup contact has received growing support for its positive effect on intergroup relations. Previous research has focused on cognitive factors associated with extended contact, such as perceived group norms and inclusion of the other in self. In the present review, we examine the affective outcomes of extended contact. In particular, we review research demonstrating that extended contact has powerful effects on various affective measures of intergroup relations, such as intergroup anxiety, empathy, trust, and intergroup threat. We also present evidence that some of these affective factors mediate the relationship between extended contact and outgroup attitudes. Finally, we propose future re-search to extend the literature on the dual route of prejudice-reduction, via affective and cognitive factors, through extended contact.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This work is distributed with License Creative Commons Attribution-Non commercial-No derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-BC-ND 4.0)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Extended contact; Indirect contact; Intergroup contact; Affective factors; Prejudice; Intergroup relations
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified: 15 May 2019 10:09
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/20324

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