Differential effects of positive versus negative contact: The importance of distinguishing valence from intensity

IF 4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI:10.1177/13684302241258070

Sarina J. Schäfer, Mathijs Kros, Miles Hewstone, Katharina Schmid, Benjamin F. Fell, Eva Jaspers, Mathias Kauff, Gunnar Lemmer, Oliver Christ

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Abstract

More and more research is considering the effects of both positive and negative intergroup contact on intergroup attitudes. To date, little is known about what factors may differentially influence these effects. We propose that differentiating not only between positive and negative contact (i.e., its valence), but also considering the intensity (i.e., low or high positivity/negativity) of contact valence is critical to understanding contact effects. We predicted that intensifying positivity in the realm of positive contact would have a stronger effect on outgroup attitudes than intensifying negativity. We report evidence supporting this hypothesis from three experiments which manipulated the quality of feedback given during a cooperation task by a confederate who acted as a member of a student outgroup (two online: N = 87, N = 169; one in person: N = 78), summarized in an internal meta-analysis and a large survey of White British majority and Asian British minority members ( N = 2,994). Our results suggest that intensity of valenced intergroup contact may be a key factor for resolving inconsistencies in the current literature on valenced intergroup contact.

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积极接触与消极接触的不同效果：区分情绪与强度的重要性

越来越多的研究正在考虑积极和消极的群体间接触对群体间态度的影响。迄今为止，人们对哪些因素会对这些影响产生不同的影响还知之甚少。我们认为，不仅要区分积极和消极接触（即接触的价值），还要考虑接触价值的强度（即积极性/消极性的高低），这对理解接触效应至关重要。我们预测，在积极接触中，积极性的加强会比消极性的加强对外群态度产生更大的影响。我们报告了支持这一假设的证据，这些证据来自三项实验，这些实验操纵了在合作任务中由作为学生外群体成员的共事者所给予的反馈的质量（两项在线实验：N = 87，N = 169；一项当面实验：N = 78），并在一项内部荟萃分析和一项针对英国白人多数群体和英国亚裔少数群体成员的大型调查（N = 2,994）中进行了总结。我们的研究结果表明，有价值的群体间接触强度可能是解决目前关于有价值的群体间接触文献中不一致问题的关键因素。

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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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期刊介绍： Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a scientific social psychology journal dedicated to research on social psychological processes within and between groups. It provides a forum for and is aimed at researchers and students in social psychology and related disciples (e.g., organizational and management sciences, political science, sociology, language and communication, cross cultural psychology, international relations) that have a scientific interest in the social psychology of human groups. The journal has an extensive editorial team that includes many if not most of the leading scholars in social psychology of group processes and intergroup relations from around the world.