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Face-to-face versus digital intergroup contact: links with diversity ideology, social self-efficacy, self-expansion, and loneliness

Face-to-face versus digital intergroup contact: links with diversity ideology, social self-efficacy, self-expansion, and loneliness

Stathi, Sofia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-5239, Hall, Victoria, Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem and Pavetich, Melissa (2024) Face-to-face versus digital intergroup contact: links with diversity ideology, social self-efficacy, self-expansion, and loneliness. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 31 (1). pp. 5-23. ISSN 1972-6325 (doi:10.4473/TPM31.1.1)

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Abstract

Contact between group members enhances intergroup perceptions and attitudes. In a world where people spend more time online, people also engage in digital intergroup contact (mainly through social networking services), the potential outcomes of which, particularly in relation to social well-being, are yet to be fully explored. Using a correlational design, the current research (N = 398) tested quantity and quality of both digital and face-to-face intergroup (specifically, interethnic) contact as simultaneous predictors of diversity ideology, social self-efficacy, self-expansion, and loneliness. Results indicated that when tested as simultaneous predictors, only quantity and quality of face-to-face contact predicted more positive diversity ideology, greater self-expansion, and less loneliness. Quality of face-to-face contact also moderated the role of digital contact quality on diversity ideology and self-expansion. The association between different modes of intergroup contact and individual outcomes beyond prejudice is discussed in light of recent developments in contact literature.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: intergroup contact; face-to-face contact; digital contact; diversity; self-expansion; loneliness; social self-efficacy; tertiary transfer
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
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Last Modified: 20 Mar 2024 13:02
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/44055

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