Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice: lower threat and greater trust as mediators

Dhont, Kristof; Van Hiel, Alain

Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice: lower threat and greater trust as mediators

Kristof Dhont UGent and Alain Van Hiel UGent (2011) GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS. 14(2). p.223-237

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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.

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1215806

author

Kristof Dhont UGent and Alain Van Hiel UGent

organization

Department of developmental, personality and social psychology

year

2011

type

journalArticle (original)

publication status

published

subject

Social Sciences

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

issue

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

copyright statement

I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher

id

1215806

handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1215806

date created

2011-05-02 15:35:25

date last changed

2012-04-01 00:30:33

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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.