Positive and negative intergroup contact and willingness to engage in intergroup interactions among majority (Han) and minority (Uyghur) group members in China: The moderating role of social dominance orientation

This contribution examines the role of vicarious contact (observing in-group members having successful cross-group contact) as a tool to improve intergroup relations. Expanding previous research on indirect intergroup contact, vicarious contact (1) integrates and applies concepts of social-cognitive theory ( Bandura, 1986 ) to the field of intergroup contact research; (2) broadens the study of indirect contact effects to the observation of successful cross-group interactions; and (3) proposes to increase people’s intention for direct cross-group contact. Two video-based experiments indicate that vicarious contact improves attitudes towards the out-group and increases participants’ willingness to engage in direct cross-group contact. These studies provide evidence that the relation between vicarious contact and intergroup attitudes (and willingness to engage in direct contact) is sequentially mediated by self-efficacy expectancy and perceived intergroup uncertainty. Implications of these findings for further research on the (indirect) contact hypothesis and their application will be discussed.

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The Ideological Foundations of Economic Protectionism: Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation, and the Moderating Role of Political Involvement

Political Psychology ◽

10.1111/pops.12627 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 403-424 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alexander Jedinger ◽

Axel M. Burger

Keyword(s):

Social Dominance ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

Political Involvement ◽

Moderating Role

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More for Us or More for Me? Social Dominance as Parochial Egoism

Social Psychological and Personality Science ◽

10.1177/1948550617732819 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 254-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Eliran Halali ◽

Anna Dorfman ◽

Sora Jun ◽

Nir Halevy

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Social Dominance ◽

Social Dominance Orientation ◽

The United States ◽

Intergroup Interactions ◽

Group Members

Intergroup interactions allow members of advantaged groups to cooperate with in-group and out-group members alike (universal cooperation), cooperate with in-group members exclusively (parochial cooperation), or withhold cooperation altogether. These behaviors impact the intergroup hierarchy differently; therefore, individuals’ ideological support of intergroup hierarchy may predict their choices among them. Universal cooperation is inherently egalitarian and hence inconsistent with social dominance orientation (SDO). Although parochial cooperation strengthens the in-group relative to the out-group, and hence consistent with SDO, it is unclear to what extent members of advantaged groups higher in SDO are willing to pay the costs associated with participation in parochial cooperation. Studies conducted across three distinct intergroup contexts in the United States and Israel consistently find that SDO coincides with behavioral selfishness, a pattern we label parochial egoism. These findings illuminate a gap between individuals’ ideological worldview and their social behavior and elucidate the motivational meaning of SDO.

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