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The willingness of a society to act on behalf of I ndigenous A ustralians and refugees: the role of contact, intergroup anxiety, prejudice, and support for legislative change
Author(s) -
TuroySmith Katrine M.,
Kane Robert,
Pedersen Anne
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12017
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , psychology , social psychology , refugee , context (archaeology) , anxiety , contact hypothesis , legislation , willingness to communicate , interpersonal communication , social distance , political science , covid-19 , law , paleontology , psychiatry , biology , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The relationship between contact and prejudice against I ndigenous A ustralians and refugees was explored. Using path analysis, increased quality of contact significantly decreased prejudice toward I ndigenous A ustralians, both directly and indirectly through intergroup anxiety; while increased quantity of contact reduced prejudice via a direct pathway. Decreased levels of prejudice toward I ndigenous A ustralians led to increases in support for legislation, which led to increases in willingness to act. S imilar results were found for the refugee analysis, except that there was no relationship between quantity of contact and other variables. Qualitative analyses revealed the importance of context, the nature of experience and indirect experience, and societal factors. Our results indicate the power of contact, as well as other structural, interpersonal, and personal factors.