Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2011 Apr;37(4):514-28. doi: 10.1177/0146167211399101. Epub 2011 Feb 22.
Five studies tested whether need for closure (NFC) moderates the relation between intergroup contact and prejudice toward immigrants. The results consistently showed that intergroup contact was more strongly associated with reduced levels of prejudice among people high in NFC compared to people low in NFC. Studies 1 (N = 138 students) and 2 (N = 294 adults) demonstrated this moderator effect on subtle, modern, and blatant racism. Study 2 also replicated the moderator effect for extended contact. An experimental field study (Study 3; N = 60 students) provided evidence of the causal direction of the moderator effect. Finally, Studies 4 (N = 125 students) and 5 (N = 135 adults) identified intergroup anxiety as the mediator through which the moderator effect influences modern and blatant racism as well as hostile tendencies toward immigrants. The role of motivated cognition in the relation between intergroup contact and prejudice is discussed.
五项研究检验了封闭性需求（NFC）是否调节了群体间接触与对移民偏见之间的关系。结果一致表明，与 NFC 水平较低的人相比，NFC 水平较高的人之间的群体接触与较低水平的偏见之间的关系更为密切。研究 1（N = 138 名学生）和 2（N = 294 名成年人）在微妙的、现代的和公然的种族主义方面证明了这种调节作用。研究 2 还复制了扩展接触的调节作用。一项实验现场研究（研究 3；N = 60 名学生）提供了调节作用的因果方向的证据。最后，研究 4（N = 125 名学生）和 5（N = 135 名成年人）确定了群体间焦虑是中介变量，通过它，调节作用影响现代和公然的种族主义以及对移民的敌意倾向。讨论了动机认知在群体间接触与偏见之间关系中的作用。
