1 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
2 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2017 Mar;43(3):347-364. doi: 10.1177/0146167216685291.
Positive contact predicts reduced prejudice, but negative contact may increase prejudice at a stronger rate. The current project builds on this work in four ways: establishing an understanding of contact that is grounded in subjective experience, examining the affective mediators involved in the negative contact-prejudice relationship, extending research on the effects of positive and negative contact to minority groups, and examining the contact asymmetry experimentally. Study 1 introduced anger as a mediator of the relationships between positive and negative contact and prejudice among White Americans ( N = 371), using a contact measure that reflected the frequency and intensity of a wide range of experiences. Study 2 found a contact asymmetry among Black and Hispanic Americans ( N = 365). Study 3 found initial experimental evidence of a contact asymmetry ( N = 309). We conclude by calling for a more nuanced understanding of intergroup contact that recognizes its multifaceted and subjective nature.
积极接触可降低偏见，但消极接触可能以更快的速度增加偏见。本项目从四个方面对这一工作进行了拓展：从主观体验出发，理解接触的本质；研究参与消极接触-偏见关系的情感中介；将积极接触和消极接触的研究拓展到少数群体；以及通过实验检验接触的不对称性。研究 1 通过一项接触测量（反映了广泛的经历的频率和强度），介绍了愤怒作为白种美国人（N=371）中积极接触和消极接触与偏见之间关系的中介。研究 2 在黑人和西班牙裔美国人（N=365）中发现了接触的不对称性。研究 3 在 309 名参与者中发现了接触不对称性的初步实验证据。我们的结论是，需要更细致地了解群体间接触，认识到其多方面和主观的本质。
