Intergroup Relations in Latin America: Intergroup Contact, Common Ingroup Identity, and Activism among Indigenous Groups in Mexico and Chile

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huseyin Çakal ◽  
Anja Eller ◽  
David Sirlopú ◽  
Andrés Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity ◽  
Ingroup Identity

scholarly journals Virtual Reality and Political Outgroup Contact: Can Avatar Customization and Common Ingroup Identity Reduce Social Distance?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630512199376
Author(s):  
Jorge Peña ◽  
Grace Wolff ◽  
Magdalena Wojcieszak
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Identity Salience ◽  
Physical Identity ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Issue Involvement ◽  
Boomerang Effects ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity ◽  
Ingroup Identity

This study ( N = 217) explores the potential for virtual reality to decrease social distance toward outgroup members among women. Raising the salience of individuals’ real physical identity through avatar customization and common ingroup identity manipulations was theorized to influence social distance. Participants who customized an avatar to resemble their real selves showed increased social distance. However, avatar customization also increased user identifiability, which was linked to reduced social distance. Priming a common ingroup identity increased identity salience but did not influence social distance. In examining heterogeneous effects by prior levels of issue involvement, participants with high and moderate involvement with immigration showed increased social distance after customizing an avatar to resemble their real selves, thus implying boomerang effects. The study discusses how avatar customization, identifiability, and common ingroup primes in virtual encounters may influence outgroup attitudes and intergroup relations.

Bringing People Together: Improving Intergroup Relations via Group Identity Cues

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-127
Author(s):  
Valerie Martinez-Ebers ◽  
Brian Robert Calfano ◽  
Regina Branton
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
Relative Effect ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity

Many U.S. cities pursue a “human relations” strategy in response to racial and ethnic group conflict. Reflective of Common Ingroup Identity theory, human relations practitioners emphasize a superordinate community identity among residents from different groups for the purpose of “bringing people together” in an effort to improve intergroup relations. Practitioners also encourage intergroup contact to promote positive change in attitudes. Herein, we test the influence of group identity cues and intergroup contact as predictors of perceived intergroup commonality. The findings suggest emphasizing a superordinate community identity increases feelings of commonality in the attitudes of Anglos and Latinos toward one another and toward African-Americans and Asians, while intergroup contact has no significant influence on intergroup attitudes. These findings contribute to the extant literature by simultaneously testing the relative effect of salient group identities on intergroup attitudes and expanding the focus beyond the binary comparison found in most studies of racial–ethnic relations.

Interdependence in Mediated Intergroup Contact

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Dale ◽  
Emily Moyer-Gusé
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
The Self ◽  
Contact Hypothesis ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Extended Contact ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity Model ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity ◽  
Ingroup Identity

Abstract. Mediated intergroup contact and extended contact hypothesis research shows that observing a positive intergroup interaction can result in improved attitudes toward the outgroup. This experiment tested the common ingroup identity model and how the creation of a superordinate identity among characters in a television narrative influences viewers’ willingness to interact with outgroup members and attitudes toward the outgroup. Results reveal that self-efficacy, anxiety, and inclusion of the outgroup in the self mediated the relationship between exposure to narratives featuring intergroup interdependence and both positive attitudes toward and greater willingness to interact with the outgroup. That is, participants who watched a narrative featuring high levels of intergroup teamwork reported increased feelings of self-efficacy when considering future outgroup interactions, which was associated with lower levels of outgroup anxiety. Lower levels of anxiety were then associated with increased inclusion of the outgroup in the self, which was ultimately associated with more positive attitudes toward and greater willingness to interact with the outgroup. These results suggest that, even when comparing the effects of two narratives that portray an identical, positive outcome, positive effects on attitudes toward and willingness to interact with outgroup members are stronger when ingroup and outgroup members display interdependence. This research represents a step toward understanding the ways that the common ingroup identity model might help explain the extended contact hypothesis and the mechanisms by which narratives can affect attitudes toward and willingness to interact with outgroup members.

5. Intergroup relations

2015 ◽  
pp. 78-95
Author(s):  
Richard J. Crisp
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Cooperative Interaction ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Perceived Relationships ◽  
Ingroup Identity

‘Intergroup relations’ considers a range of theories that encompass the perceived relationships between the individual, their own group, and other groups, and that provide a range of psychological approaches for preventing prejudice, intolerance, and conflict, and for promoting more positive intergroup relations. Theories include the minimal group paradigm, the mere categorization effect, the category differentiation model, social identity theory, the common ingroup identity model, and the contact hypothesis, which proposed that contact would only decrease conflict under certain conditions such as when contact takes the form of a cooperative interaction. Experiencing pro-social behaviour promotes a more positive pro-social orientation for the individual in general.

Prejudice reduction in an educational setting. Practical outcomes from theoretical approaches

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Wójcik ◽  
Katarzyna Popiołek
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Prejudice Reduction ◽  
Contact Hypothesis ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Common Ingroup Identity ◽  
Crossed Categorization ◽  
Ingroup Identity

Abstract Our paper reviews research studies that have investigated interventions aimed at prejudice reduction. The theories and research results are summarized in the following categories: intergroup contact, social identity, and categorization. The intergroup contact approach inspired such techniques as contact hypothesis, jigsaw classroom, Pettigrew’s model, contact with transgression, and imagined intergroup contact hypothesis; while social identity gave the ground for common ingroup identity and crossed categorization theories. We place special emphasis on methods applicable for a school setting, and try to answer the questions: when, why and under which condition will a given method work.

Reducing Prejudice Through Narratives

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
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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