The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of imagined intergroup contact (Crisp & Turner, 2009) on elementary school children’s explicit and implicit intergroup attitudes. Italian 5th-graders participated in a 3-week intervention involving imagining meeting an unknown immigrant peer in various situations. Approximately 1 week after the last session, they completed measures of self-disclosure and behavioral intentions toward immigrants. Furthermore, they were administered a measure of implicit prejudice. Results showed that those taking part in the intervention, compared to participants in a control condition, revealed more positive behavioral intentions and implicit attitudes toward immigrants. Moreover, self-disclosure mediated the effect of imagined contact on outgroup behavioral intentions. Theoretical and practical implications of findings are discussed.
Improving implicit and explicit intergroup attitudes using imagined contact: An experimental intervention with elementary school children / Vezzali, Loris; D., Capozza; Giovannini, Dino; S., Stathi. - In: GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS. - ISSN 1368-4302. - STAMPA. - 15(2012), pp. 203-212.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 |
Titolo: | Improving implicit and explicit intergroup attitudes using imagined contact: An experimental intervention with elementary school children |
Autore/i: | Vezzali, Loris; D., Capozza; Giovannini, Dino; S., Stathi |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430211424920 |
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Volume: | 15 |
Pagina iniziale: | 203 |
Pagina finale: | 212 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000300558000005 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84857599811 |
Citazione: | Improving implicit and explicit intergroup attitudes using imagined contact: An experimental intervention with elementary school children / Vezzali, Loris; D., Capozza; Giovannini, Dino; S., Stathi. - In: GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS. - ISSN 1368-4302. - STAMPA. - 15(2012), pp. 203-212. |
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