Investigating the relationship between intergroup physical contact and attitudes towards foreigners: the mediating role of quality of intergroup contact.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has shown that a brief, casual touch administered by an outgroup member reduces prejudice towards the group to which the toucher belongs. In this study, we take the research on physical contact and prejudice a step further by addressing the relation between individuals' amount of Experienced Intergroup Physical Contact (EIPC), across distinct contexts and involving different body parts, and attitudes towards foreign people. Specifically, we hypothesized that the amount of EIPC would be positively associated with both quantity and quality of intergroup contact, but that only quality would mediate the relationship between the amount of EIPC and outgroup attitudes, quality being more directly linked to the evaluative component of outgroup attitudes. To attain this aim, we aske

SUBMITTER: Shamloo SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6164546 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature