The Role of Emotions in Determining Willingness to Engage in Intergroup Contact

By Victoria M. Esses, John F. Dovidio. 2002

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Intergroup emotions and intergroup relations. (2008, background): “Indeed, anger and disgust toward an outgroup predict both unwillingness to engage in contact with the group ( Esses & Dovidio, 2002 ) and desire to attack that group (Mackie et al., 2000).”
E pluribus unum: Dual identity and minority group members' motivation to engage in contact, as well as social change (2011, unknown): “Whereas past work has investigated the influence of dual identity on immediate intergroup attitudes (González & Brown, 2006), we focused on willingness to engage in contact, often associated with increases in positive attitudes (Esses & Dovidio, 2002), andmotivation for social change.”
Reducing prejudice via direct and extended cross-group friendship (2007, background): “Outgroups and individuals in contact may both vary along an ideal continuum ranging from “predominantly affective” to “predominantly cognitive” (Esses & Dovidio, 2002 ).”
The greatest magic of Harry Potter: Reducing prejudice (2015, unknown): “A measure of social distance was used, adapted by Esses and Dovidio (2002), consisting of ﬁve 5-step items (1 = not at all ; 5 = very much ) measuring participants’ willingness of disclosing personal information to an out-group member and accepting him/her as a neighbor, close friend, classmate,…”
The BIAS map: behaviors from intergroup affect and stereotypes. (2007, background): “Similarly, focusing on emotions (more than focusing on thoughts) while viewing an antiracism video increased willingness for contact with Black people (Esses & Dovidio, 2002).”
How does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Meta‐analytic tests of three mediators (2008, unknown): “…ﬁndings of the intergroup contact research literature, demonstrating that affect is critical in determining the effects of intergroup contact (Christ, Mansel, Wagner, Asbrock, Schleuter, & Pettigrew, submitted; Esses & Dovidio, 2002; Miller, Smith, & Mackie, 2004; Tropp & Pettigrew, 2004, 2005a).”
Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes (2011, background): “…that this effect may occur because people are better able to act as “detached observers” during cognitive evaluations of outgroups but when rating outgroups on emotions and feelings are more likely to think of their own personal experiences and relationships (also see Esses & Dovidio, 2002).”
Vicarious intergroup contact effects (2011, background): “Moreover, despite knowing a great deal about what happens when different group members come into contact (Brown & Hewstone, 2005), much less is known about the conditions and processes that make contact between groups more likely in the first place (Esses & Dovidio, 2002).”
Violence, Empathy and Altruism: Evidence from the Ivorian Refugee Crisis in Liberia (2018, methodology): “80 Esses and Dovidio 2002.”
The impact of affective and cognitive focus on attitude formation (2006, methodology): “Similar Wndings were obtained by Esses and Dovidio (2002) in the context of viewing a video about discrimination against ethnic minorities and willingness to engage in intergroup contact.”