We conducted a longitudinal study to test whether, in addition to being predicted by personality, intergroup contact is longitudinally associated with personality traits. Participants were 388 majority (Italian) and 109 minority (immigrant) first-year highschool students. Results revealed a bidirectional relationship between contact and personality: quality of contact was longitudinally associated with greater agreeableness and openness to experience, while agreeableness and openness to experience were longitudinal predictors of contact quality. An unexpected negative longitudinal association also emerged between quantity of contact and agreeableness. These effects were not moderated by group of belonging (majority vs. minority). Our findings highlight the importance of integrating research on intergroup contact with research on personality.

Does intergroup contact affect personality? A longitudinal study on the bidirectional relationship between intergroup contact and personality traits / Vezzali, Loris; Turner, Rhiannon; Capozza, Dora; Trifiletti, Elena. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0046-2772. - 48:(2018), pp. 159-173. [10.1002/ejsp.2313]

Does intergroup contact affect personality? A longitudinal study on the bidirectional relationship between intergroup contact and personality traits

Vezzali, Loris;
2018

Abstract

We conducted a longitudinal study to test whether, in addition to being predicted by personality, intergroup contact is longitudinally associated with personality traits. Participants were 388 majority (Italian) and 109 minority (immigrant) first-year highschool students. Results revealed a bidirectional relationship between contact and personality: quality of contact was longitudinally associated with greater agreeableness and openness to experience, while agreeableness and openness to experience were longitudinal predictors of contact quality. An unexpected negative longitudinal association also emerged between quantity of contact and agreeableness. These effects were not moderated by group of belonging (majority vs. minority). Our findings highlight the importance of integrating research on intergroup contact with research on personality.
2018
48
159
173
Does intergroup contact affect personality? A longitudinal study on the bidirectional relationship between intergroup contact and personality traits / Vezzali, Loris; Turner, Rhiannon; Capozza, Dora; Trifiletti, Elena. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0046-2772. - 48:(2018), pp. 159-173. [10.1002/ejsp.2313]
Vezzali, Loris; Turner, Rhiannon; Capozza, Dora; Trifiletti, Elena
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