Agostino Mazziotta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agostino Mazziotta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agostino |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazziotta |
| SIGNATURE | MAZZIOTTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | FernUniversität in Hagen |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-5411-0306 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 133 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Indirect Contact and Collective Action Among Disadvantaged Groups: A Multi‐Level Mini‐Meta‐Analysis
It is well established that positive contact between members of different groups can reduce prejudice. However, there is also evidence that direct contact with advantaged group members can undermine disadvantaged group members' engagement in collective action. Also, considerable evidence shows that effective contact need not be direct. Mere knowledge of cross‐group friendships (extended contact) or observing positive contact (vicarious contact) c…
There are Rules only for Life but not for Freedom: Using Photovoice to Investigate Sense of Belonging of Young Refugees in Germany
Context Matters - Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees
Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refug…
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
Forum theater can improve intergroup attitudes, sense of community, and collective action intentions: Evidence from Liberia
“Terrorist” or “Mentally Ill”: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions About Violent Actors
We investigated whether motivated reasoning rooted in partisanship affects the attributions individuals make about violent attackers’ underlying motives and group memberships. Study 1 demonstrated that on the day of the Brexit referendum pro-leavers (vs. pro-remainers) attributed an exculpatory (i.e., mental health) versus condemnatory (i.e., terrorism) motive to the killing of a pro-remain politician. Study 2 demonstrated that pro-immigration (v…
The two-dimensions-five-components structure of in-group identification is invariant across various identification patterns in different social groups
In-group identification has been suggested to consist of two-dimensions (group based self-definition and self-investment) that hierarchically relate to five lower order components (individual self-stereotyping, in-group homogeneity, satisfaction, solidarity, and centrality). The goal of the present research was to test the generalizability of the two-dimensions-five-components structure of in-group identification across identities with which peop…
Seeking revenge or seeking reconciliation? How concern for social‐image and felt shame helps explain responses in reciprocal intergroup conflict
In conflicts with reciprocal violence, individuals belong to a group that has been both perpetrator and victim. In a field experiment in Liberia, West Africa, we led participants ( N = 146) to focus on their group as either perpetrator or victim in order to investigate its effect on orientation towards inter‐group reconciliation or revenge. Compared to a perpetrator focus, a victim focus led to slightly more revenge orientation and moderately les…
Contact between groups, peace, and conflict
Intergroup contact and reconciliation among Liberian refugees: A multilevel analysis in a multiple groups setting
Contact and intergroup conflict: New ideas for the road ahead
Fear of Infection or Justification of Social Exclusion? The Symbolic Exploitation of the Ebola Epidemic
Public discourse in Western countries on the 2014 Ebola epidemic provided a unique natural opportunity to study the relationship between a disease's sociocultural representation and health policy support. Our main prediction stated that among Western citizens, support for restrictive health policies (e.g., mandatory quarantining) would be determined more through preexisting prejudice towards African immigrants than fears of Ebola infection. A que…
(How) does positive and negative extended cross‐group contact predict direct cross‐group contact and intergroup attitudes
Knowing that fellow ingroup members have cross‐group contact can affect how people think, feel, and behave towards an out‐group. Previous research on extended contact focused almost exclusively on positive cross‐group interactions, neglecting the fact that extended contact can also be negative. In this contribution, we introduce negative extended contact and investigate how both forms of extended contact predict direct cross‐group contact and int…
Adaptation and Validation of a German Multidimensional and Multicomponent Measure of Social Identification
The present article describes a reliable and valid German multidimensional multicomponent measure of social identification. A translation of the original Dutch measure of social identification ( Leach et al., 2008 ) was adapted to the German context and validated in three different samples across three distinct identities using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Results of Study 1 (organizational identity, N = 419), Study 2 (national identity, N…
The Effects of Multiple Stigmas on Discrimination in the German Housing Market
In two online field-experiments (N1 = 336, N2 = 456) we investigated the effects of belonging to an ethnic minority, a sexual minority, or to both minority groups simultaneously on rental discrimination in Germany. We predicted that a Turkish heterosexual couple and a German gay male couple would receive fewer replies to their inquiries about a rental offering and fewer invitations for viewings than a German heterosexual couple. We also predicted…
How initial cross-group friendships prepare for intercultural communication: The importance of anxiety reduction and self-confidence in communication
Does remembering past ingroup harmdoing promote postwar cross‐group contact? Insights from a field‐experiment in Liberia
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil wars, we investigated whether it is possible to systematically influence how people construe their group's role during the conflict and how this affects intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions. In a field experiment, 146 participants were randomly assigned to think about incidents of violence during the war that were either committed by fellow ingroup members (perpetrator‐focus) or against fellow ingro…
Vicarious intergroup contact effects: Applying social-cognitive theory to intergroup contact research
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 succes…
Vicarious intergroup contact effects: Applying social-cognitive theory to intergroup contact research
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 succes…
(How) does positive and negative extended cross‐group contact predict direct cross‐group contact and intergroup attitudes
Knowing that fellow ingroup members have cross‐group contact can affect how people think, feel, and behave towards an out‐group. Previous research on extended contact focused almost exclusively on positive cross‐group interactions, neglecting the fact that extended contact can also be negative. In this contribution, we introduce negative extended contact and investigate how both forms of extended contact predict direct cross‐group contact and int…
Intergroup contact and reconciliation among Liberian refugees: A multilevel analysis in a multiple groups setting
Does remembering past ingroup harmdoing promote postwar cross‐group contact? Insights from a field‐experiment in Liberia
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil wars, we investigated whether it is possible to systematically influence how people construe their group's role during the conflict and how this affects intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions. In a field experiment, 146 participants were randomly assigned to think about incidents of violence during the war that were either committed by fellow ingroup members (perpetrator‐focus) or against fellow ingro…
Adaptation and Validation of a German Multidimensional and Multicomponent Measure of Social Identification
The present article describes a reliable and valid German multidimensional multicomponent measure of social identification. A translation of the original Dutch measure of social identification ( Leach et al., 2008 ) was adapted to the German context and validated in three different samples across three distinct identities using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Results of Study 1 (organizational identity, N = 419), Study 2 (national identity, N…
The Effects of Multiple Stigmas on Discrimination in the German Housing Market
In two online field-experiments (N1 = 336, N2 = 456) we investigated the effects of belonging to an ethnic minority, a sexual minority, or to both minority groups simultaneously on rental discrimination in Germany. We predicted that a Turkish heterosexual couple and a German gay male couple would receive fewer replies to their inquiries about a rental offering and fewer invitations for viewings than a German heterosexual couple. We also predicted…
Context Matters - Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees
Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refug…
Contact and intergroup conflict: New ideas for the road ahead
Fear of Infection or Justification of Social Exclusion? The Symbolic Exploitation of the Ebola Epidemic
Public discourse in Western countries on the 2014 Ebola epidemic provided a unique natural opportunity to study the relationship between a disease's sociocultural representation and health policy support. Our main prediction stated that among Western citizens, support for restrictive health policies (e.g., mandatory quarantining) would be determined more through preexisting prejudice towards African immigrants than fears of Ebola infection. A que…
Seeking revenge or seeking reconciliation? How concern for social‐image and felt shame helps explain responses in reciprocal intergroup conflict
In conflicts with reciprocal violence, individuals belong to a group that has been both perpetrator and victim. In a field experiment in Liberia, West Africa, we led participants ( N = 146) to focus on their group as either perpetrator or victim in order to investigate its effect on orientation towards inter‐group reconciliation or revenge. Compared to a perpetrator focus, a victim focus led to slightly more revenge orientation and moderately les…
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
Forum theater can improve intergroup attitudes, sense of community, and collective action intentions: Evidence from Liberia
Contact between groups, peace, and conflict
Vicarious intergroup contact effects: Applying social-cognitive theory to intergroup contact research
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 succes…
How initial cross-group friendships prepare for intercultural communication: The importance of anxiety reduction and self-confidence in communication
Does remembering past ingroup harmdoing promote postwar cross‐group contact? Insights from a field‐experiment in Liberia
In the aftermath of the Liberian civil wars, we investigated whether it is possible to systematically influence how people construe their group's role during the conflict and how this affects intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions. In a field experiment, 146 participants were randomly assigned to think about incidents of violence during the war that were either committed by fellow ingroup members (perpetrator‐focus) or against fellow ingro…
(How) does positive and negative extended cross‐group contact predict direct cross‐group contact and intergroup attitudes
Knowing that fellow ingroup members have cross‐group contact can affect how people think, feel, and behave towards an out‐group. Previous research on extended contact focused almost exclusively on positive cross‐group interactions, neglecting the fact that extended contact can also be negative. In this contribution, we introduce negative extended contact and investigate how both forms of extended contact predict direct cross‐group contact and int…
Adaptation and Validation of a German Multidimensional and Multicomponent Measure of Social Identification
The present article describes a reliable and valid German multidimensional multicomponent measure of social identification. A translation of the original Dutch measure of social identification ( Leach et al., 2008 ) was adapted to the German context and validated in three different samples across three distinct identities using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Results of Study 1 (organizational identity, N = 419), Study 2 (national identity, N…
The Effects of Multiple Stigmas on Discrimination in the German Housing Market
In two online field-experiments (N1 = 336, N2 = 456) we investigated the effects of belonging to an ethnic minority, a sexual minority, or to both minority groups simultaneously on rental discrimination in Germany. We predicted that a Turkish heterosexual couple and a German gay male couple would receive fewer replies to their inquiries about a rental offering and fewer invitations for viewings than a German heterosexual couple. We also predicted…
Contact between groups, peace, and conflict
Intergroup contact and reconciliation among Liberian refugees: A multilevel analysis in a multiple groups setting
Contact and intergroup conflict: New ideas for the road ahead
Fear of Infection or Justification of Social Exclusion? The Symbolic Exploitation of the Ebola Epidemic
Public discourse in Western countries on the 2014 Ebola epidemic provided a unique natural opportunity to study the relationship between a disease's sociocultural representation and health policy support. Our main prediction stated that among Western citizens, support for restrictive health policies (e.g., mandatory quarantining) would be determined more through preexisting prejudice towards African immigrants than fears of Ebola infection. A que…
The two-dimensions-five-components structure of in-group identification is invariant across various identification patterns in different social groups
In-group identification has been suggested to consist of two-dimensions (group based self-definition and self-investment) that hierarchically relate to five lower order components (individual self-stereotyping, in-group homogeneity, satisfaction, solidarity, and centrality). The goal of the present research was to test the generalizability of the two-dimensions-five-components structure of in-group identification across identities with which peop…
Seeking revenge or seeking reconciliation? How concern for social‐image and felt shame helps explain responses in reciprocal intergroup conflict
In conflicts with reciprocal violence, individuals belong to a group that has been both perpetrator and victim. In a field experiment in Liberia, West Africa, we led participants ( N = 146) to focus on their group as either perpetrator or victim in order to investigate its effect on orientation towards inter‐group reconciliation or revenge. Compared to a perpetrator focus, a victim focus led to slightly more revenge orientation and moderately les…
“Terrorist” or “Mentally Ill”: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions About Violent Actors
We investigated whether motivated reasoning rooted in partisanship affects the attributions individuals make about violent attackers’ underlying motives and group memberships. Study 1 demonstrated that on the day of the Brexit referendum pro-leavers (vs. pro-remainers) attributed an exculpatory (i.e., mental health) versus condemnatory (i.e., terrorism) motive to the killing of a pro-remain politician. Study 2 demonstrated that pro-immigration (v…
Forum theater can improve intergroup attitudes, sense of community, and collective action intentions: Evidence from Liberia
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
Context Matters - Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees
Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refug…
Indirect Contact and Collective Action Among Disadvantaged Groups: A Multi‐Level Mini‐Meta‐Analysis
It is well established that positive contact between members of different groups can reduce prejudice. However, there is also evidence that direct contact with advantaged group members can undermine disadvantaged group members' engagement in collective action. Also, considerable evidence shows that effective contact need not be direct. Mere knowledge of cross‐group friendships (extended contact) or observing positive contact (vicarious contact) c…
There are Rules only for Life but not for Freedom: Using Photovoice to Investigate Sense of Belonging of Young Refugees in Germany
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Statistics (4 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 works)