Patrick F Kotzur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick F Kotzur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick F |
| FAMILY NAME | Kotzur |
| SIGNATURE | KOTZUR P F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5193-3359 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Beyond prejudice reduction: Personal and civic effects of intergroup contact among marginalized youth in Northern Ireland
Intergroup contact reduces prejudice, but its potential to foster broader personal and societal change remains understudied. We address these gaps by examining a large‐scale peacebuilding intervention (PEACE4Youth) among marginalized youth in post‐conflict Northern Ireland. Using latent growth curve modeling across three waves, we demonstrate that increased intergroup contact is associated with improvements not only in youth's outgroup attitudes …
From Dissonance to Compassion: Does a Loving-Kindness Meditation Amplify Joy Mimicry and Attenuate Reactive Frowns to Disgust
Emotional mimicry—the automatic matching of another person’s emotional display—fosters social bonding, but only when an affiliative emotion aligns with its context. We tested whether a brief Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) could broaden affiliative responsiveness to both congruent and incongruent emotional displays. In an online study ( N = 214), participants watched targets expressing joy or disgust in scenes that were either contextually congr…
Intergroup Contact With Refugees Shapes Levels of Social Fear of Crime
Intergroup contact affects how people see the world more broadly. Across four studies ( N total = 1,743), we tested whether valenced intergroup contact with refugees as a criminally stigmatized group affects social fear of crime mediated by prejudice. Studies 1 (cross‐sectional) and 2 (longitudinal) showed an indirect effect of positive contact on social fear of crime via reduced prejudice and an opposite indirect effect of negative contact. Stud…
Facets of Social Evaluation Differentially Predict Intergroup Bias Toward Occupational and Migrant Groups
Stereotype content research identifies groups at risk of being negatively stereotyped. The present research investigated the dimensionality of the facets of social evaluation (ability, assertiveness, friendliness, morality) as well as their sociostructural predictors (status and threat) and consequences (intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions) based on the SCM/BIAS map. We tested our predictions in two different societal domains: occupatio…
Stable profiles of contact and prejudice: Few people report co-occurring increases in intergroup contact and decreases in prejudice over time
The contact hypothesis proposes that positive intergroup encounters can causally improve intergroup attitudes, and its tenants have informed prejudice reduction efforts across the globe. Most support for the hypothesis is correlational, as it is assumed that correlations (partially) reflect a pattern whereby increases in positive intergroup contact cause increases in intergroup warmth. In the present article we interrogate this assumption. Latent…
Contact ruptures: How ecological shifts reshape intergroup contact and outgroup attitudes
Intergroup contact is regarded as a powerful tool for reducing prejudice. However, recent research has questioned the ability of naturalistic contact to produce true within-person attitude change-that is, shifts in an individual's attitudes over time. Much of this work has focused on minor variations in routine intergroup contact, which may be too subtle to produce meaningful, lasting change. Conducted in the United Kingdom, this research explore…
Automated Algorithmic Data Analysis for Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Invariance Assessment: A Tutorial for Acamia
ACAMIA is a free, open-code, R-based tool that automates multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance assessment, which are crucial for social cognition research and beyond. ACAMIA is designed to alleviate the workload associated with multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance processes, which are vital for ensuring the reliability and comparability of questionnaire-based scales across multiple stimul…
What shapes the social perception of immigrant groups in Kazakhstan? The role of ethnic- and language-based identities and underlying threat and benefit perceptions
Honor Values as Identity Content: Evidence From a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
Reputation refers to the set of judgments a community makes about its members. In cultures of honor, reputation constitutes one of the most pressing concerns of individuals. Reputational concerns are intimately intertwined with people's social identities. However, research has yet to address the question of how honor-related reputational concerns are structured at the within-person level vis-à-vis individuals' identification with relevant group m…
A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes
Positive intergroup contact has not only been shown to be positively associated with favourable attitudes towards members of the contacted group but also with attitudes towards members of secondary outgroups (secondary transfer effect, STE). Only a few studies have addressed a potential STE of negative intergroup contact (i.e., a generalization of negative contact experiences to secondary outgroups). Furthermore, longitudinal studies on STEs and …
Investigating the social embeddedness of criminal groups: Longitudinal associations between masculine honour and legitimizing attitudes towards the Camorra
The embeddedness of criminal groups within communities accrues from their ability to establish legitimacy, particularly among young people. A prototypical example are mafia claims to political authority in Italy. Intracultural Appropriation Theory proposes that embeddedness is partly derived from criminal groups’ ability to embody cultural ideologies of masculine honour, and to reinforce these ideologies in society through their actions. We teste…
How do we get people into contact? Predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking
Compared to the impressive amount of research on consequences of intergroup contact, relatively little work has been devoted to predictors of intergroup contact. Although opportunities for intergroup contact are constantly growing in modern diverse societies, these contact opportunities are not necessarily exploited. In the present review article, we describe current research on predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking on a…
Adolescent development of interethnic attitudes following a social intervention to increase intergroup contact: The moderating role of affective forecasting
This longitudinal, quasi-experimental field study investigated affective forecasting as a moderator of positive intergroup contact effects among adolescents. We also examined a novel mediating mechanism that underlies this effect, namely accuracy of perceived outgroup willingness for intergroup contact. Three annual waves of survey data were used from 1,169 adolescents (Mage = 13.88 at Wave 1; 50% girls; 66% White British, 44% Asian British) whos…
The dynamic relationship between contact opportunities, positive and negative intergroup contact, and prejudice: A longitudinal investigation
We investigated the dynamics of naturally increasing contact opportunities, frequencies of positive and negative intergroup contact experiences, and prejudice toward forced migrants, in 2 three-wave longitudinal studies (Study 1, N = 183, adult community sample; Study 2, N = 758, nation-wide adult probability sample) in Germany using latent growth curve and parallel process analyses. We examined (research question 1) whether prejudice increases o…
Proportion of Foreigners Negatively Predicts the Prevalence of Xenophobic Hate Crimes within German Districts
Statistics show that the increase in the number of refugees to Germany since 2015 was accompanied by an increase in xenophobic hate crimes. We deduced rivaling predictions from intergroup contact and intergroup threat theories that could explain the occurrence of xenophobic hate crimes. By combining structural data of the 402 German districts with the 2015 police crime statistics, we found evidence to support our predictions that aligns with inte…
Stereotype content of refugee subgroups in Germany
Stereotypes of refugee subgroups are still understudied. We contribute to this body of research by investigating differences in stereotype content, meaning warmth and competence ratings, of refugee subgroups in Germany ( N = 264). Most extant Stereotype Content Model research is based on observed warmth and competence mean values. We applied latent variable modelling using the alignment optimisation to ensure meaningful and reliable mean value co…
Welcoming the Unwelcome: How Contact Shapes Contexts of Reception for New Immigrants in Germany and the United States
How receiving society members perceive and respond to immigration are crucial factors that shape the context of reception for immigrants coming to a new country. In this paper, we examine these processes through the lens of intergroup contact research, with a focus on relations between immigrants and members of receiving societies, to discern ways in which receiving societies are or are not welcoming toward immigrants. Reviewing recent theorizing…
Choose Your Words Wisely: Stereotypes, Emotions, and Action Tendencies Toward Fled People as a Function of the Group Label
Differences in word connotations can have far-reaching consequences. We investigated the content, and emotional and behavioral consequences of the social perception of fled people as a function of their label ("refugees" vs. "asylum seekers"; "war refugees" vs. "economic refugees" vs. "refugees") using a factorial survey (n = 389). Based on qualitative data on perceived intentions associated with the labels, we deducted predictions regarding diff…
How do we get people into contact? Predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking
Compared to the impressive amount of research on consequences of intergroup contact, relatively little work has been devoted to predictors of intergroup contact. Although opportunities for intergroup contact are constantly growing in modern diverse societies, these contact opportunities are not necessarily exploited. In the present review article, we describe current research on predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking on a…
Choose Your Words Wisely: Stereotypes, Emotions, and Action Tendencies Toward Fled People as a Function of the Group Label
Differences in word connotations can have far-reaching consequences. We investigated the content, and emotional and behavioral consequences of the social perception of fled people as a function of their label ("refugees" vs. "asylum seekers"; "war refugees" vs. "economic refugees" vs. "refugees") using a factorial survey (n = 389). Based on qualitative data on perceived intentions associated with the labels, we deducted predictions regarding diff…
The dynamic relationship between contact opportunities, positive and negative intergroup contact, and prejudice: A longitudinal investigation
We investigated the dynamics of naturally increasing contact opportunities, frequencies of positive and negative intergroup contact experiences, and prejudice toward forced migrants, in 2 three-wave longitudinal studies (Study 1, N = 183, adult community sample; Study 2, N = 758, nation-wide adult probability sample) in Germany using latent growth curve and parallel process analyses. We examined (research question 1) whether prejudice increases o…
Welcoming the Unwelcome: How Contact Shapes Contexts of Reception for New Immigrants in Germany and the United States
How receiving society members perceive and respond to immigration are crucial factors that shape the context of reception for immigrants coming to a new country. In this paper, we examine these processes through the lens of intergroup contact research, with a focus on relations between immigrants and members of receiving societies, to discern ways in which receiving societies are or are not welcoming toward immigrants. Reviewing recent theorizing…
Proportion of Foreigners Negatively Predicts the Prevalence of Xenophobic Hate Crimes within German Districts
Statistics show that the increase in the number of refugees to Germany since 2015 was accompanied by an increase in xenophobic hate crimes. We deduced rivaling predictions from intergroup contact and intergroup threat theories that could explain the occurrence of xenophobic hate crimes. By combining structural data of the 402 German districts with the 2015 police crime statistics, we found evidence to support our predictions that aligns with inte…
Stereotype content of refugee subgroups in Germany
Stereotypes of refugee subgroups are still understudied. We contribute to this body of research by investigating differences in stereotype content, meaning warmth and competence ratings, of refugee subgroups in Germany ( N = 264). Most extant Stereotype Content Model research is based on observed warmth and competence mean values. We applied latent variable modelling using the alignment optimisation to ensure meaningful and reliable mean value co…
Adolescent development of interethnic attitudes following a social intervention to increase intergroup contact: The moderating role of affective forecasting
This longitudinal, quasi-experimental field study investigated affective forecasting as a moderator of positive intergroup contact effects among adolescents. We also examined a novel mediating mechanism that underlies this effect, namely accuracy of perceived outgroup willingness for intergroup contact. Three annual waves of survey data were used from 1,169 adolescents (Mage = 13.88 at Wave 1; 50% girls; 66% White British, 44% Asian British) whos…
Investigating the social embeddedness of criminal groups: Longitudinal associations between masculine honour and legitimizing attitudes towards the Camorra
The embeddedness of criminal groups within communities accrues from their ability to establish legitimacy, particularly among young people. A prototypical example are mafia claims to political authority in Italy. Intracultural Appropriation Theory proposes that embeddedness is partly derived from criminal groups’ ability to embody cultural ideologies of masculine honour, and to reinforce these ideologies in society through their actions. We teste…
A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes
Positive intergroup contact has not only been shown to be positively associated with favourable attitudes towards members of the contacted group but also with attitudes towards members of secondary outgroups (secondary transfer effect, STE). Only a few studies have addressed a potential STE of negative intergroup contact (i.e., a generalization of negative contact experiences to secondary outgroups). Furthermore, longitudinal studies on STEs and …
Choose Your Words Wisely: Stereotypes, Emotions, and Action Tendencies Toward Fled People as a Function of the Group Label
Differences in word connotations can have far-reaching consequences. We investigated the content, and emotional and behavioral consequences of the social perception of fled people as a function of their label ("refugees" vs. "asylum seekers"; "war refugees" vs. "economic refugees" vs. "refugees") using a factorial survey (n = 389). Based on qualitative data on perceived intentions associated with the labels, we deducted predictions regarding diff…
Welcoming the Unwelcome: How Contact Shapes Contexts of Reception for New Immigrants in Germany and the United States
How receiving society members perceive and respond to immigration are crucial factors that shape the context of reception for immigrants coming to a new country. In this paper, we examine these processes through the lens of intergroup contact research, with a focus on relations between immigrants and members of receiving societies, to discern ways in which receiving societies are or are not welcoming toward immigrants. Reviewing recent theorizing…
Stereotype content of refugee subgroups in Germany
Stereotypes of refugee subgroups are still understudied. We contribute to this body of research by investigating differences in stereotype content, meaning warmth and competence ratings, of refugee subgroups in Germany ( N = 264). Most extant Stereotype Content Model research is based on observed warmth and competence mean values. We applied latent variable modelling using the alignment optimisation to ensure meaningful and reliable mean value co…
Proportion of Foreigners Negatively Predicts the Prevalence of Xenophobic Hate Crimes within German Districts
Statistics show that the increase in the number of refugees to Germany since 2015 was accompanied by an increase in xenophobic hate crimes. We deduced rivaling predictions from intergroup contact and intergroup threat theories that could explain the occurrence of xenophobic hate crimes. By combining structural data of the 402 German districts with the 2015 police crime statistics, we found evidence to support our predictions that aligns with inte…
How do we get people into contact? Predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking
Compared to the impressive amount of research on consequences of intergroup contact, relatively little work has been devoted to predictors of intergroup contact. Although opportunities for intergroup contact are constantly growing in modern diverse societies, these contact opportunities are not necessarily exploited. In the present review article, we describe current research on predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking on a…
Adolescent development of interethnic attitudes following a social intervention to increase intergroup contact: The moderating role of affective forecasting
This longitudinal, quasi-experimental field study investigated affective forecasting as a moderator of positive intergroup contact effects among adolescents. We also examined a novel mediating mechanism that underlies this effect, namely accuracy of perceived outgroup willingness for intergroup contact. Three annual waves of survey data were used from 1,169 adolescents (Mage = 13.88 at Wave 1; 50% girls; 66% White British, 44% Asian British) whos…
The dynamic relationship between contact opportunities, positive and negative intergroup contact, and prejudice: A longitudinal investigation
We investigated the dynamics of naturally increasing contact opportunities, frequencies of positive and negative intergroup contact experiences, and prejudice toward forced migrants, in 2 three-wave longitudinal studies (Study 1, N = 183, adult community sample; Study 2, N = 758, nation-wide adult probability sample) in Germany using latent growth curve and parallel process analyses. We examined (research question 1) whether prejudice increases o…
A longitudinal test of secondary transfer effects of negative intergroup contact and mediating processes
Positive intergroup contact has not only been shown to be positively associated with favourable attitudes towards members of the contacted group but also with attitudes towards members of secondary outgroups (secondary transfer effect, STE). Only a few studies have addressed a potential STE of negative intergroup contact (i.e., a generalization of negative contact experiences to secondary outgroups). Furthermore, longitudinal studies on STEs and …
Investigating the social embeddedness of criminal groups: Longitudinal associations between masculine honour and legitimizing attitudes towards the Camorra
The embeddedness of criminal groups within communities accrues from their ability to establish legitimacy, particularly among young people. A prototypical example are mafia claims to political authority in Italy. Intracultural Appropriation Theory proposes that embeddedness is partly derived from criminal groups’ ability to embody cultural ideologies of masculine honour, and to reinforce these ideologies in society through their actions. We teste…
Honor Values as Identity Content: Evidence From a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
Reputation refers to the set of judgments a community makes about its members. In cultures of honor, reputation constitutes one of the most pressing concerns of individuals. Reputational concerns are intimately intertwined with people's social identities. However, research has yet to address the question of how honor-related reputational concerns are structured at the within-person level vis-à-vis individuals' identification with relevant group m…
Facets of Social Evaluation Differentially Predict Intergroup Bias Toward Occupational and Migrant Groups
Stereotype content research identifies groups at risk of being negatively stereotyped. The present research investigated the dimensionality of the facets of social evaluation (ability, assertiveness, friendliness, morality) as well as their sociostructural predictors (status and threat) and consequences (intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions) based on the SCM/BIAS map. We tested our predictions in two different societal domains: occupatio…
Stable profiles of contact and prejudice: Few people report co-occurring increases in intergroup contact and decreases in prejudice over time
The contact hypothesis proposes that positive intergroup encounters can causally improve intergroup attitudes, and its tenants have informed prejudice reduction efforts across the globe. Most support for the hypothesis is correlational, as it is assumed that correlations (partially) reflect a pattern whereby increases in positive intergroup contact cause increases in intergroup warmth. In the present article we interrogate this assumption. Latent…
Contact ruptures: How ecological shifts reshape intergroup contact and outgroup attitudes
Intergroup contact is regarded as a powerful tool for reducing prejudice. However, recent research has questioned the ability of naturalistic contact to produce true within-person attitude change-that is, shifts in an individual's attitudes over time. Much of this work has focused on minor variations in routine intergroup contact, which may be too subtle to produce meaningful, lasting change. Conducted in the United Kingdom, this research explore…
Automated Algorithmic Data Analysis for Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Invariance Assessment: A Tutorial for Acamia
ACAMIA is a free, open-code, R-based tool that automates multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance assessment, which are crucial for social cognition research and beyond. ACAMIA is designed to alleviate the workload associated with multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance processes, which are vital for ensuring the reliability and comparability of questionnaire-based scales across multiple stimul…
What shapes the social perception of immigrant groups in Kazakhstan? The role of ethnic- and language-based identities and underlying threat and benefit perceptions
Beyond prejudice reduction: Personal and civic effects of intergroup contact among marginalized youth in Northern Ireland
Intergroup contact reduces prejudice, but its potential to foster broader personal and societal change remains understudied. We address these gaps by examining a large‐scale peacebuilding intervention (PEACE4Youth) among marginalized youth in post‐conflict Northern Ireland. Using latent growth curve modeling across three waves, we demonstrate that increased intergroup contact is associated with improvements not only in youth's outgroup attitudes …
From Dissonance to Compassion: Does a Loving-Kindness Meditation Amplify Joy Mimicry and Attenuate Reactive Frowns to Disgust
Emotional mimicry—the automatic matching of another person’s emotional display—fosters social bonding, but only when an affiliative emotion aligns with its context. We tested whether a brief Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) could broaden affiliative responsiveness to both congruent and incongruent emotional displays. In an online study ( N = 214), participants watched targets expressing joy or disgust in scenes that were either contextually congr…
Intergroup Contact With Refugees Shapes Levels of Social Fear of Crime
Intergroup contact affects how people see the world more broadly. Across four studies ( N total = 1,743), we tested whether valenced intergroup contact with refugees as a criminally stigmatized group affects social fear of crime mediated by prejudice. Studies 1 (cross‐sectional) and 2 (longitudinal) showed an indirect effect of positive contact on social fear of crime via reduced prejudice and an opposite indirect effect of negative contact. Stud…
Social and Intergroup Psychology (15 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Contact theory (8 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Contact hypothesis (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social contact (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)