Sexual prejudice and intergroup contact: The moderating effects of disclosure and communication

Previous research has demonstrated that, when negative metastereotypes are made salient, members of low status groups help members of high status groups in order to improve the reputation of their low status group and its associated social identity. The present research investigated three potential moderators of low status groups’ outgroup helping: ingroup identification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit. In Study 1 (N = 112) we found that members of a low status group (Keele University students) were most likely to offer to help raise funds for a high status group (University of Birmingham students) when they were high identifiers who had considered a negative metastereotype and believed that their responses would be viewed by an outgroup member. In Study 2 (N = 100) we found a similar effect in an intergroup context that referred to psychology students (low status ingroup) and junior doctors (high status outgroup), showing that the effect was limited to people who perceived reputational benefit in helping the outgroup. The practical and social implications of these findings are discussed in relation to intergroup contact and international relations.

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Intergroup Contact as the Missing Link Between LGB Rights and Sexual Prejudice

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000313 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 48 (6) ◽

pp. 321-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Paulina Górska ◽

Martijn van Zomeren ◽

Michał Bilewicz

Keyword(s):

Sexual Minorities ◽

Union Member ◽

Intergroup Contact ◽

Sexual Prejudice ◽

Present Contribution ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

And Bisexual ◽

The Relationship ◽

European Union Member States ◽

Practical Implications

Abstract. Although research has revealed that more progressive LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) rights are positively associated with more favorable attitudes toward sexual minorities, little is known about why LGB rights co-occur with positive attitudes. The present contribution fills this gap by testing whether the prevalence of intergroup contact with LGB individuals explains the relationship between more progressive LGB rights and sexual prejudice. Utilizing representative Eurobarometer data from 28 European Union Member States, we find that progressive institutional arrangements positively predict favorable attitudes toward sexual minorities by rendering intergroup contact with LGB individuals more commonplace. Importantly, this pattern of findings replicates for different measures of prejudice and LGB-related legislation. The theoretical and practical implications of the current findings are discussed.

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Does intergroup contact mediate implicit and explicit sexual prejudice relations?

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e564602014-001 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Julie C. Herbstrith ◽

Elizabeth M. Kiebel

Keyword(s):

Intergroup Contact ◽

Sexual Prejudice ◽

Implicit And Explicit

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When do low status groups help high status groups? The moderating effects of ingroup identification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit.

10.31234/osf.io/khcpx ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Rubin

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

International Relations ◽

Group Membership ◽

Intergroup Contact ◽

Psychology Students ◽

Junior Doctors ◽

High Status ◽

Moderating Effects ◽

Status Group ◽

Ingroup Identification

Previous research has demonstrated that, when negative metastereotypes are made salient, members of low status groupshelp members of high status groups in order to improve the reputation of their low status group and its associated socialidentity. The present research investigated three potential moderators of low status groups’ outgroup helping: ingroupidentification, audience group membership, and perceived reputational benefit. In Study 1 (N = 112) we found that membersof a low status group (Keele University students) were most likely to offer to help raise funds for a high status group (Universityof Birmingham students) when they were high identifiers who had considered a negative metastereotype and believed thattheir responses would be viewed by an outgroup member. In Study 2 (N = 100) we found a similar effect in an intergroupcontext that referred to psychology students (low status ingroup) and junior doctors (high status outgroup), showing that theeffect was limited to people who perceived reputational benefit in helping the outgroup. The practical and social implicationsof these findings are discussed in relation to intergroup contact and international relations.

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The Relation Between Teachers' Diagnostic Sensitivity, their Instructional Activities, and their Students' Achievement Gains in Reading*

Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie ◽

10.1024/1010-0652/a000112 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 283-293 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Lars Behrmann ◽

Elmar Souvignier

Keyword(s):

Reading Comprehension ◽

Classroom Management ◽

Reading Program ◽

Multilevel Analyses ◽

Moderating Effects ◽

Management Skills ◽

Judgment Accuracy ◽

Achievement Gains ◽

Instructional Activities ◽

Main Effects

Single studies suggest that the effectiveness of certain instructional activities depends on teachers' judgment accuracy. However, sufficient empirical data is still lacking. In this longitudinal study (N = 75 teachers and 1,865 students), we assessed if the effectiveness of teacher feedback was moderated by judgment accuracy in a standardized reading program. For the purpose of a discriminant validation, moderating effects of teachers' judgment accuracy on their classroom management skills were examined. As expected, multilevel analyses revealed larger reading comprehension gains when teachers provided students with a high number of feedbacks and simultaneously demonstrated high judgment accuracy. Neither interactions nor main effects were found for classroom management skills on reading comprehension. Moreover, no significant interactions with judgment accuracy but main effects were found for both feedback and classroom management skills concerning reading strategy knowledge gains. The implications of the results are discussed.

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Reducing Prejudice Through Narratives

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000249 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 185-195 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Emily Moyer-Gusé ◽

Katherine R. Dale ◽

Michelle Ortiz

Keyword(s):

Intergroup Relations ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Intergroup Contact ◽

Contact Hypothesis ◽

Muslim Americans ◽

Intergroup Anxiety ◽

Intergroup Interactions

Abstract. Recent extensions to the contact hypothesis reveal that different forms of contact, such as mediated intergroup contact, can reduce intergroup anxiety and improve attitudes toward the outgroup. This study draws on existing research to further consider the role of identification with an ingroup character within a narrative depicting intergroup contact between Muslim and non-Muslim Americans. Results reveal that identification with the non-Muslim (ingroup) model facilitated liking the Muslim (outgroup) model, which reduced prejudice toward Muslims more generally. Identification with the ingroup model also increased conversational self-efficacy and reduced anxiety about future intergroup interactions – both important aspects of improving intergroup relations.

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Secondary Transfer Effect of Contact

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335.40.2.55 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 55-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 146

Author(s):

Thomas F. Pettigrew

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Dissonance ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Intergroup Contact ◽

Transfer Effect ◽

Evaluative Conditioning ◽

Transfer Effects ◽

Secondary Transfer ◽

Primary Reduction

This paper reviews the evidence for a secondary transfer effect of intergroup contact. Following a contact’s typical primary reduction in prejudice toward the outgroup involved in the contact, this effect involves a further, secondary reduction in prejudice toward noninvolved outgroups. Employing longitudinal German probability samples, we found that significant secondary transfer effects of intergroup contact exist, but they were limited to specific outgroups that are similar to the contacted outgroup in perceived stereotypes, status or stigma. Since the contact-prejudice link is bidirectional, the effect is inflated when prior prejudice reducing contact is not controlled. The strongest evidence derives from experimental research. Both cognitive (dissonance) and affective (evaluative conditioning) explanations for the effect are offered.

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