In this field study, we tested whether negative intergroup contact experienced by majority (Italian) survivors in the aftermath of the earthquakes that struck Northern Italy in 2012 was associated with policy attitudes toward minority (immigrant) survivors. Results revealed a negative association between negative contact and support for social policies aimed at favoring immigrant survivors. Moreover, social policies toward immigrant survivors mediated the effect of negative contact on social policy attitudes toward the minority group as a whole. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of findings.

Negative intergroup contact and support for social policies toward the minority outgroup in the aftermath of a natural disaster / Vezzali, Loris; Andrighetto, Luca; DI BERNARDO, GIAN ANTONIO; Nadi, Chaima; Bergamini, Giulia. - In: THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-4545. - 157:4(2017), pp. 407-415. [10.1080/00224545.2016.1184126]

Negative intergroup contact and support for social policies toward the minority outgroup in the aftermath of a natural disaster

VEZZALI, Loris;DI BERNARDO, GIAN ANTONIO;NADI, CHAIMA;
2017

Abstract

In this field study, we tested whether negative intergroup contact experienced by majority (Italian) survivors in the aftermath of the earthquakes that struck Northern Italy in 2012 was associated with policy attitudes toward minority (immigrant) survivors. Results revealed a negative association between negative contact and support for social policies aimed at favoring immigrant survivors. Moreover, social policies toward immigrant survivors mediated the effect of negative contact on social policy attitudes toward the minority group as a whole. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of findings.
2017
2-mag-2016
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407
415
Negative intergroup contact and support for social policies toward the minority outgroup in the aftermath of a natural disaster / Vezzali, Loris; Andrighetto, Luca; DI BERNARDO, GIAN ANTONIO; Nadi, Chaima; Bergamini, Giulia. - In: THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-4545. - 157:4(2017), pp. 407-415. [10.1080/00224545.2016.1184126]
Vezzali, Loris; Andrighetto, Luca; DI BERNARDO, GIAN ANTONIO; Nadi, Chaima; Bergamini, Giulia
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