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Meet Your Neighbours. Authoritarians Engage in Intergroup Contact When They have the Opportunity
Author(s) -
Brune Anna,
Asbrock Frank,
Sibley Chris G.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/casp.2289
Subject(s) - neighbourhood (mathematics) , authoritarianism , social psychology , psychology , demography , ethnically diverse , sociology , demographic economics , political science , mathematics , law , democracy , mathematical analysis , population , politics , economics
Research indicates that authoritarians tend to avoid intergroup contact. This study tested the hypothesis that living in a neighbourhood with a higher proportion of Asian peoples increases the likelihood of contact with them for the majority (New Zealand Europeans), and that this effect should increase intergroup contact for authoritarians. Multi‐level Random Coefficient Modelling of data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study ( N = 3903) indicated that New Zealand Europeans high in authoritarianism in neighbourhoods with a high proportion of Asian peoples have more contact with Asian friends, relative to authoritarians in less ethnically diverse areas. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.