Positive intergroup contact, negative intergroup contact, and threat as predictors of cognitive and affective dimensions of prejudice

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Does negative contact undermine attempts to improve intergroup relations? Deepening the understanding of negative contact and its consequences for intergroup contact research and interventions (2021, background): “In several samples there is even no significant correlation between positive and negative contact at all (e.g., Aberson, 2015; Hayward et al., 2017; Study 1; Reimer et al., 2017, Study 1b; Techakesari et al., 2015, Study 2 and Study 3).”
Can Exposure to Celebrities Reduce Prejudice? The Effect of Mohamed Salah on Islamophobic Behaviors and Attitudes (2019, background): “Studies of traditional intergroup contact similarly high-light the importance of repeated exposure (Dovidio et al. 2017), a positive experience (Aberson 2015; Barlow et al. 2012; Paolini, Harwood, and Rubin 2010), and a salient out-group identity (Al Ramiah and Hewstone 2013).”
Direct, extended, and mass-mediated contact with immigrants in Italy: their associations with emotions, prejudice, and humanity perceptions (2017, background): “Aberson (2015), for example, found that positive and negative contact have independent effects, the former being related to lower threat perceptions and prejudice, and the latter being associated with more threat and prejudice.”