School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Department of Education and Humanities, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
J Community Psychol. 2020 Apr;48(3):1010-1027. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22322. Epub 2020 Feb 6.
Driven by the literature on pluralistic ignorance, our research investigates fear of appearing racist, being rejected, discriminated, and disinterest in intergroup contact as antecedents of contact and outgroup attitudes, focusing on attributional differences between the majority and minority group perspectives.
Questionnaires were distributed in schools in Northern Italy. Participants were 400 Italian and 141 immigrant high-school students.
The results showed that the lack of interest in contact was the strongest predictor of contact for the majority group. For the minority group, fear of rejection emerged as the strongest predictor. The majority group attributed the minority to avoid contact most strongly due to the fear that they would be rejected, and the minority group perceived it was due to the majority not being interested in contact.
Our research contributes to understanding the divergent concerns the majority and minority groups have in relation to intergroup contact and discusses the importance of tackling these concerns.
受多元无知文献的启发，本研究调查了对表现出种族主义、被拒绝、歧视和对外群体接触不感兴趣的恐惧，作为接触和外群体态度的前因，重点关注多数群体和少数群体观点之间的归因差异。
在意大利北部的学校发放问卷。参与者包括 400 名意大利裔和 141 名移民高中生。
结果表明，多数群体中对接触缺乏兴趣是接触的最强预测因素。对于少数群体，对拒绝的恐惧则成为最强的预测因素。多数群体认为，少数群体回避接触的原因是担心被拒绝，而少数群体则认为这是因为多数群体对接触不感兴趣。
我们的研究有助于理解多数群体和少数群体在群体间接触方面的不同关注点，并讨论了解决这些关注点的重要性。
