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Vezzali, Loris, Di Bernardo, Gian Antonio, Birtel, Michèle D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2383-9197 , Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 and Brambilla, Marco (2019) Outgroup morality perceptions mediate secondary transfer effects from direct and extended contact: Evidence from majority and minority members. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23 (7). pp. 1066-1084. ISSN 1368-4302 (Print), 1461-7188 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430219879223)

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Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 , Vezzali, Loris, Waldzus, Sven and Hantzi, Alexandra (2019) The mobilising and protective role of national identification on normative and non-normative collective action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49 (9). pp. 596-608. ISSN 0021-9029 (Print), 1559-1816 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12619)

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Birtel, Michèle D. ORCID: 0000-0002-2383-9197 , Di Bernardo, Gian Antonio, Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 , Crisp, Richard J., Cadamuro, Alessia and Vezzali, Loris (2019) Imagining contact reduces prejudice in pre-school children. Social Development, 28 (4). pp. 1054-1073. ISSN 0961-205X (Print), 1467-9507 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12374)

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Vezzali, Loris, Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 , Crisp, Richard J. and Capozza, Dora (2015) Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 49. pp. 46-53. ISSN 0147-1767 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.009)

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Vezzali, Loris, Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 and Giovannini, Dino (2012) Indirect contact through book reading: Improving adolescents' attitudes and behavioral intentions toward immigrants. Psychology in the Schools, 49 (2). pp. 148-162. ISSN 0033-3085 (Print), 1520-6807 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.20621)

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Vezzali, Loris, Capozza, Dora, Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 and Giovannini, Dino (2011) Increasing outgroup trust, reducing infrahumanization, and enhancing future contact intentions via imagined intergroup contact. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48 (1). pp. 437-440. ISSN 0022-1031 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.09.008)

Book Section

Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 (2016) The extended intergroup contact hypothesis: state of the art and future developments. In: Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 , (eds.) Intergroup Contact Theory: Recent Developments and Future Directions. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 978-1315646510

Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 (2016) The present and the future of the contact hypothesis, and the need for integrating research fields. In: Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 , (eds.) Intergroup Contact Theory: Recent developments and future directions. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 978-1315646510

Book

Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 (2020) Using intergroup contact to fight prejudice and negative attitudes: psychological perspectives. European Monographs in Social Psychology . Routledge, London and New York. ISBN 9780815353485 ; 9781351136341

Edited Book

Vezzali, Loris and Stathi, Sofia ORCID: 0000-0002-1218-5239 (eds.) (2016) Intergroup contact theory: recent developments and future directions. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 978-1138182318 (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315646510)