The Contact Caveat
The Contact Caveat
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联系警告
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
C. Sibley
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作者：
F. Barlow;Stefania Paolini;Anne Pedersen;M. Hornsey;Helena R. M. Radke;J. Harwood;Mark Rubin;C. Sibley
接触研究人员在很大程度上忽视了群体间负面接触增加偏见的可能性。在研究1中，我们测试了接触量和效价之间的相互作用对黑人澳大利亚人（n = 1，476），穆斯林澳大利亚人（n = 173）和寻求庇护者（n = 293）的偏见。在所有情况下，接触量和偏见之间的关联是由其效价调节，与消极接触出现作为一个更强大和更一致的预测比积极接触。在研究2中，白色美国人（n = 441）表示他们与美国黑人的积极和消极接触分别有多少。虽然积极和消极接触的数量预测种族主义和回避，消极接触是更强的预测。此外，负面（而非正面）接触独立预测了对巴拉克奥巴马出生地的怀疑。这些结果通过发出一个重要的警告扩展了接触假设：消极接触可能与种族主义和歧视的增加比积极接触与其减少更密切相关。
Contact researchers have largely overlooked the potential for negative intergroup contact to increase prejudice. In Study 1, we tested the interaction between contact quantity and valence on prejudice toward Black Australians (n = 1,476), Muslim Australians (n = 173), and asylum seekers (n = 293). In all cases, the association between contact quantity and prejudice was moderated by its valence, with negative contact emerging as a stronger and more consistent predictor than positive contact. In Study 2, White Americans (n = 441) indicated how much positive and negative contact they had with Black Americans on separate measures. Although both quantity of positive and negative contact predicted racism and avoidance, negative contact was the stronger predictor. Furthermore, negative (but not positive) contact independently predicted suspicion about Barack Obama’s birthplace. These results extend the contact hypothesis by issuing an important caveat: Negative contact may be more strongly associated with increased racism and discrimination than positive contact is with its reduction.