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Vicarious intergroup contact effects: Applying social-cognitive theory to intergroup contact research
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This contribution examines the role of vicarious contact (observing in-group members having successful cross-group contact) as a tool to improve intergroup relations. Expanding previous research on indirect intergroup contact, vicarious contact (1) integrates and applies concepts of social-cognitive theory ( Bandura, 1986 ) to the field of intergroup contact research; (2) broadens the study of indirect contact effects to the observation of successful cross-group interactions; and (3) proposes to increase people’s intention for direct cross-group contact. Two video-based experiments indicate that vicarious contact improves attitudes towards the out-group and increases participants’ willingness to engage in direct cross-group contact. These studies provide evidence that the relation between vicarious contact and intergroup attitudes (and willingness to engage in direct contact) is sequentially mediated by self-efficacy expectancy and perceived intergroup uncertainty. Implications of these findings for further research on the (indirect) contact hypothesis and their application will be discussed.
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- Authors
- Mazziotta, A., Mummendey, A., & Wright, S. C.
- Venue
- Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-03
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 255-274
- ISSN
- 1368-4302 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7188
- OpenAlex
- W2121162730
- Cited by
- 274
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 30.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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