University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK.
Br J Educ Psychol. 2010 Jun;80(Pt 2):223-40. doi: 10.1348/000709909X477233. Epub 2009 Nov 10.
Recent research has suggested that intergroup contacts with out-group members can both reduce prejudice and is associated with attitude change.
This study extends prior work in Northern Ireland to examine parental and schooling effects on children's attitudes in a post-conflict environment.
A large-scale cross-sectional survey of secondary schoolchildren (N=1,732) and their parents (N=800) in Northern Ireland assessed the effects of in-school and out-of-school intergroup contacts on intergroup attitudes.
Multivariate analysis of variance was employed to examine associations between children's political attitudes and parental, group membership, school, and contact variables.
The results suggest that parental attitudes, group membership, and cross-group contacts explain the majority of variance (58%) in children's political attitudes. The findings provide a comprehensive account of the factors that influence children's political attitudes within a deeply divided society and offer teachers and educationalists a way to improve community relations in a segregated society.
最近的研究表明，与外群体成员的群体间接触既能减少偏见，又与态度改变有关。
本研究将在北爱尔兰开展的先前工作扩展到后冲突环境中，以检验父母和学校教育对儿童态度的影响。
对北爱尔兰的 1732 名中学生及其 800 名家长（N=1732）进行了大规模的横断面调查，评估了校内和校外群体间接触对群体间态度的影响。
采用方差分析对儿童政治态度与父母、群体成员、学校和接触变量之间的关系进行了分析。
研究结果表明，父母的态度、群体成员和跨群体接触解释了儿童政治态度变化的大部分（58%）。这些发现全面描述了在一个深刻分裂的社会中影响儿童政治态度的因素，并为教师和教育工作者提供了在一个隔离的社会中改善社区关系的方法。
