Extending Contact Across Generations

Comparison of Direct and Ancestral Intergroup Contact Effects on Current Attitudes Toward Outgroup Members

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ID12397152
AuthorsKatarzyna Stasiuk (0000-0003-4627-2557, Maria Curie Sklodowska University Institute of Psychology Lublin Poland), M Bilewicz (0000-0001-5027-1691, University of Warsaw, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume23
Issue6
Pages481-491
Publication date2013-05-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.2147
OpenAlexW1905608033
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited36

There is a growing body of evidence that intergroup relations are affected not only by direct contact with outgroup members, but also by extended contact: the mere knowledge that an ingroup member has a positive relationship with an outgroup. The present article focuses on the transgenerationally transmitted effects of contact, namely the impact of knowledge about ancestors’ contact with outgroup members on descendants’ attitudes toward the outgroup. A correlational study in the Polish–Ukrainian borderland region (N = 288) shows that ancestral intergroup contact – independently from direct intergroup contact – plays a crucial role in the process of improving intergroup attitudes. The mediating mechanisms of perceived similarity of the outgroup to the self and of perspective taking are discussed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Contact hypothesis · Contact theory · Developmental psychology · Ingroups and outgroups · Outgroup · Perspective (graphical · Similarity (geometry · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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