Can cross-group contact turn advantaged group members into allies? The role of inequality-delegitimizing contact and interpersonal connection
Can cross-group contact turn advantaged group members into allies? The role of inequality-delegitimizing contact and interpersonal connection
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DOI：
10.1177/13684302211015273
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发表时间：
2021-07-15
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Wright, Stephen C.
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作者：
Becker, Julia C.;Wright, Stephen C.
先前的研究表明，与弱势群体成员的积极接触可以对处于有利地位的群体成员支持社会变革行动以实现更多平等产生积极、中立或消极的影响。本研究提供了这一效应的实验检验，并引入了两个调节变量，它们突出了(A)关于群体间不平等的合法性的沟通和(B)与联系人之间的人际联系的基本作用。在两个实验(N=88和N=192)中，社会地位不同的两所大学的成员首次跨群体接触。结果表明，跨群体接触本身并没有增加优势群体成员以团结为基础的行动，以减少不平等。然而，当处于不利地位的群体伙伴通过将群体间不平等描述为不合法而从事使不平等丧失合法性的接触，以及当处于有利地位的群体成员报告与处于不利地位的联系伙伴有很强的人际关系时，跨群体接触确实增加了处于有利地位的群体成员基于团结的行动。
Previous research shows that positive contact with members of disadvantaged groups can have positive, neutral, or negative effects on advantaged group members' support of actions for social change towards more equality. The present work provides an experimental test of this effect and introduces two moderators which highlight the fundamental role of (a) communication about perception of the illegitimacy of intergroup inequality and (b) interpersonal connection with the contact partner. In two experiments (N = 88 and N = 192), first-time cross-group contact was initiated between members of two universities that differ on social status. Results revealed that cross-group contact per se did not increase advantaged group members' solidarity-based action to reduce inequality. However, cross-group contact did increase advantaged group members' solidarity-based actions when the disadvantaged group partner engaged in inequality-delegitimizing contact by describing the intergroup inequality as illegitimate and when the advantaged group member reported a strong interpersonal connection with the disadvantaged contact partner.