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Differential relations between two types of contact and implicit and explicit racial attitudes
Author(s) -
Prestwich Andrew,
Kenworthy Jared B.,
Wilson Michelle,
KwanTat Natasha
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1348/014466607x267470
Subject(s) - psychology , implicit attitude , social psychology , outgroup , mediation , anxiety , contact theory , implicit association test , ingroups and outgroups , quality (philosophy) , developmental psychology , philosophy , structural engineering , epistemology , psychiatry , political science , law , engineering
Contact with out‐group members has been associated with more favourable explicit attitudes towards the out‐group in general, largely via the mediation of reduced intergroup anxiety. In addition, there is now a growing body of evidence suggesting that contact relates to automatically activated evaluations termed implicit attitudes. However, research has not fully illuminated the mechanisms through which contact with outgroup members impacts on implicit attitudes. A study investigating this issue assessed White participants' ( N =105) explicit attitudes, implicit attitudes, intergroup anxiety, and contact quantity and quality about Asians. Greater contact quality was related to more positive explicit attitudes, while contact quantity was associated with more positive implicit attitudes. Both effects were mediated by reduced intergroup anxiety.