While extended intergroup contact has been commonly studied in the context of prejudice reduction, less is known about its implications for processes related to the ingroup. Through three correlational and one experimental studies (total N = 897) conducted in two different intergroup contexts (Turkey and United Kingdom), we investigated whether extended intergroup contact relates to social distance and attitudes towards ingroup members as a function of outgroup attitudes. We also investigated ingroup identification and perceived ingroup morality as potential mediators in these associations. Correlational studies demonstrated that especially when outgroup attitudes were more negative, participants’ positive (but not negative) extended contact was related to a more negative evaluation of the ingroup; whereas when outgroup attitudes were more positive, extended contact was associated with positive attitudes towards the ingroup. We found experimental evidence for the suggested relationships in relation to ingroup social distance. Findings are discussed in the light of vicarious dissonance theory and deprovincialization hypothesis.

I (dis)like the way you (dis)like them: The role of extended contact on social distance and attitudes towards the ingroup / Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem; Stathi, Sofia; Vezzali, Loris; Turnuklu, Abbas; Piyale, Zeynep Ecem. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0144-6665. - 60:1(2021), pp. 95-120. [10.1111/bjso.12381]

I (dis)like the way you (dis)like them: The role of extended contact on social distance and attitudes towards the ingroup

Vezzali, Loris;
2021

Abstract

While extended intergroup contact has been commonly studied in the context of prejudice reduction, less is known about its implications for processes related to the ingroup. Through three correlational and one experimental studies (total N = 897) conducted in two different intergroup contexts (Turkey and United Kingdom), we investigated whether extended intergroup contact relates to social distance and attitudes towards ingroup members as a function of outgroup attitudes. We also investigated ingroup identification and perceived ingroup morality as potential mediators in these associations. Correlational studies demonstrated that especially when outgroup attitudes were more negative, participants’ positive (but not negative) extended contact was related to a more negative evaluation of the ingroup; whereas when outgroup attitudes were more positive, extended contact was associated with positive attitudes towards the ingroup. We found experimental evidence for the suggested relationships in relation to ingroup social distance. Findings are discussed in the light of vicarious dissonance theory and deprovincialization hypothesis.
2021
20-apr-2020
60
1
95
120
I (dis)like the way you (dis)like them: The role of extended contact on social distance and attitudes towards the ingroup / Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem; Stathi, Sofia; Vezzali, Loris; Turnuklu, Abbas; Piyale, Zeynep Ecem. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0144-6665. - 60:1(2021), pp. 95-120. [10.1111/bjso.12381]
Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem; Stathi, Sofia; Vezzali, Loris; Turnuklu, Abbas; Piyale, Zeynep Ecem
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