How does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Meta‐analytic tests of three mediators

By T. Pettigrew, Linda R. Tropp. 2008

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Intergroup contact and intergroup conflict. (2014, positive): “Sufficient evidence on mediators has accrued to merit extensive coverage in a narrative review (Brown & Hewstone, 2005) and a meta-analysis specifically of the mediators of contact (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008).”
Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes (2011, background): “…have recently been identified in the intergroup relations literature as having significant roles in the contact–prejudice relationship (e.g., Aron & McLaughlinVolpe, 2001; Batson et al., 1997; Hewstone et al., 2006; Paolini et al., 2004; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008; Wright, Aron, & Tropp, 2002).”
Direct, extended, and mass-mediated contact with immigrants in Italy: their associations with emotions, prejudice, and humanity perceptions (2017, background): “Empirical evidence and meta-analytic findings by Pettigrew and Tropp (2008) clearly support this claim.”
Improving intergroup relations through direct, extended and other forms of indirect contact (2011, background): “Cognitively, although greater knowledge of the other group had only limited impact in reducing bias (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008; but also see Eller & Abrams, 2003, 2004), the manner in which contact changed the ways people socially categorized others and perceived the relationship between these…”
Intergroup Anxiety (2014, background): “Low levels of intergroup contact are associated with a lack of knowledge of outgroups (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008).”
Imagined contact as a prejudice‐reduction intervention in schools: the underlying role of similarity and attitudes (2014, background): “Ample research has provided strong evidence about the effectiveness of intergroup contact in reducing prejudice (e.g., Eller & Abrams, 2004; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008; Stathi & Crisp, 2010; Voci & Hewstone, 2003; for review, see Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006).”
Can we really reduce ethnic prejudice outside the lab? A meta‐analysis of direct and indirect contact interventions (2015, background): “Findings from non-interventional research (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008) showed that the link between contact and prejudice is mediated by improved empathy and reduced intergroup anxiety.”
The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Conflict Resolution (2019, background): “…the important role of empathy in intergroup relations has been recognized for decades (Dovidio, Gaertner, & Kawakami, 2003; Dovidio et al., 2010; Pettigrew & Tropp, 2008; Stephan & Finlay, 1999), researchers have started systematically investigating the role of empathy in intergroup conflicts…”
Population Ratios and Prejudice: Modelling Both Contact and Threat Effects (2010, background): “This SEM 5 tests and supports H1 concerning the role of threat. Observe how most of the effect of the area's foreigner percentage is mediated through the perception of this percentage. In turn, both individual and especially collective threat mediate the increase in prejudice against resident for”
The relationship between outgroup size and anti-outgroup attitudes: A theoretical synthesis and empirical test of group threat- and intergroup contact theory (2010, background): “While this research shows that intergroup contact commonly operates in multiple ways (Pettigrew, 1998; Pettigrew and Tropp, 2008), the present study concerns itself especially with the finding that frequent intergroup contacts have beneficial effects on unfavorable intergroup attitudes due to a…”