Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice: lower threat and greater trust as mediators
(2011) GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS. 14(2). p.223-237- abstract
- Using a representative sample of Dutch adults (N = 1238), we investigated the moderating influence of direct contact and authoritarianism on the potential of extended contact to reduce prejudice. As expected, direct contact and authoritarianism moderated the effect of extended contact on prejudice. Moreover, the third-order moderation effect was also significant, revealing that extended contact has the strongest effect among high authoritarians with low levels of direct contact. We identified trust and perceived threat as the mediating processes underlying these moderation effects. The present study thus attests to the theoretical and practical relevance of reducing prejudice via extended contact. The discussion focuses on the role of extended contact in relation to direct contact and authoritarianism as well as on the importance of trust in intergroup contexts.
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- author
- Kristof Dhont and Alain Van Hiel UGent
- organization
- year
- 2011
- type
- journalArticle (original)
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keyword
- threat, trust, prejudice, extended contact, authoritarianism, intergroup contact, DIMENSIONS, MODEL, FORGIVENESS, ANXIETY, OUTGROUP ATTITUDES, INTERGROUP CONTACT, NORTHERN-IRELAND, CROSS-GROUP FRIENDSHIPS, RIGHT-WING AUTHORITARIANISM, SOCIAL-DOMINANCE ORIENTATION
- journal title
- GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS
- Group Process Intergroup Relat.
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 2
- issue title
- Prejudice reduction through extended and other forms of indirect contact
- pages
- 223 - 237
- Web of Science type
- Article
- Web of Science id
- 000288792000006
- JCR category
- PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
- JCR impact factor
- 1.242 (2011)
- JCR rank
- 31/59 (2011)
- JCR quartile
- 3 (2011)
- ISSN
- 1368-4302
- DOI
- 10.1177/1368430210391121
- language
- English
- UGent publication?
- yes
- classification
- A1
- copyright statement
- I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher
- id
- 1215806
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- http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1215806
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- 2011-05-02 15:35:25
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- Chicago
- Dhont, Kristof, and Alain Van Hiel. 2011. “Direct Contact and Authoritarianism as Moderators Between Extended Contact and Reduced Prejudice: Lower Threat and Greater Trust as Mediators.” Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 14 (2): 223–237.
- APA
- Dhont, K., & Van Hiel, A. (2011). Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice: lower threat and greater trust as mediators. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS, 14(2), 223–237.
- Vancouver
- 1.Dhont K, Van Hiel A. Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice: lower threat and greater trust as mediators. GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS. 2011;14(2):223–37.
- MLA
- Dhont, Kristof, and Alain Van Hiel. “Direct Contact and Authoritarianism as Moderators Between Extended Contact and Reduced Prejudice: Lower Threat and Greater Trust as Mediators.” GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS 14.2 (2011): 223–237. Print.