Open to Contact? Increased State Openness Can Lead to Greater Interest in Contact With Diverse Groups.

ABSTRACT: Contact is a reliable method of prejudice reduction. However, individuals higher in prejudice are less interested in contact with diverse groups. This research investigates a novel method of encouraging interest in contact, particularly for those lower in the personality trait of Openness/Intellect, who tend to be higher in prejudice. Although long-term traits are relatively stable, momentary personality states show considerable within-person variation, and can be manipulated. In two experimental studies (total N = 687), we tested whether inducing higher state Openness would affect interest in contact. In Study 1, those lower in trait Openness/Intellect showed a positive indirect effect of condition on two outcome measures, via greater state Openness. In a larger sample with lower t

SUBMITTER: Hotchin V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245154 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature