The effects of indirect intergroup contact on willingness to engage in direct contact with former adversary

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RIV/00216224:14230/18:00103025

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of indirect intergroup contact on willingness to engage in direct contact with former adversary

Original language description

It is well established that direct intergroup contact reduces prejudice. In post-conflict societies, however, direct intergroup contact is missing due to the lack of willingness to engage in contact with former adversaries. Thus it is important to determine ways how to make former adversaries interact. Past research found that indirect forms of intergroup contact – such as extended (i.e., knowing that an ingroup member has a close relationship with an outgroup member) or mass-mediated(i.e., portrayals of outgroup members in the mass-media) – can have similar effects to direct intergroup contact. In an Albanian sample (N = 232) in Kosovo, we examined the effects of both positive and negative extended and mass-mediated intergroup contact on willingness to engage in direct intergroup contact with Serbs. We tested the mediating role of trust and empathy toward Serbs. Negative extended contact – negative experiences with Serbs shared by participants’ family –was negatively linked to participants’ willingness to engage in intergroup contact with Serbs. Positive mass-mediated contact – positive information about Serbs from the TV and newspaper – was positively linked to participants’ willingness to engage in direct contact with Serbs through empathy toward Serbs. We discuss the implications of the effects of mass-mediated intergroup contact for interventions aiming at improving intergroup relations in post-conflict societies.

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-14387S" target="_blank" >GA17-14387S: The effect of intergroup contact on acculturation strategies and support for minority rights: A longitudinal perspective in majority and minority</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Social Studies

ISSN

2309-3455

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

AL - ALBANIA

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

47-57

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