Political groups in contact: the role of attributions for outgroup attitudes in reducing antipathy.
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| Title: | Political groups in contact: the role of attributions for outgroup attitudes in reducing antipathy. |
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| Authors: | Popan JR (AUTHOR), Kenworthy JB (AUTHOR), Frame MC (AUTHOR), Lyons PA (AUTHOR), Snuggs SJ (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | European Journal of Social Psychology. Feb2010, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p86-104. 19p. |
| Abstract: | In two cross-sectional surveys and one experiment, we tested the hypothesis that attributions for outgroup ideologies would mediate the relationship between quality of contact and reduced prejudice. In Study 1, a British sample (N = 85) rated their perceptions of, and attributions for, their political outgroup's (i.e., conservative or liberal) belief system. Supporting our hypothesis, the relationship between contact and outgroup attitudes was mediated by rationality attributions-attributions that outgroup members obtained their views via rational thought processes. Study 2 was a replication of Study 1 with an American sample (N = 229) and expanded construct measurement. The results of Study 2 replicated those of Study 1, showing support for rationality attributions as a mediator of the contact-prejudice link. In Study 3 (N = 132), we experimentally manipulated the priming of past positive or negative outgroup contact with individual outgroup members and measured the proposed mediational constructs with respect to that outgroup encounter. Results further supported the role of rationality attributions as mediators of the contact-prejudice link. The implications of these findings for perceptions and relations between antagonistic ideological groups are discussed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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