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How intergroup friendship works: A longitudinal study of friendship effects on outgroup attitudes.
- Source :
- European Journal of Social Psychology; Dec2011, Vol. 41 Issue 7, p914-923, 10p, 3 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Cross-sectional research has shown that frequency of self-disclosure to outgroup members mediates the positive relationship between intergroup friendship and outgroup attitudes. The current research investigated the relationship between self-disclosure and attitudes in more depth. New undergraduate students were asked to nominate an ingroup or outgroup friend and then report the intimacy of their disclosures to them, their anxiety and attitudes towards a series of social groups, in the first week of the semester and 6 weeks later. Intimacy of disclosure predicted more positive attitudes towards outgroups over time, but this association was only found among participants who nominated an outgroup friend. In the ingroup friend condition, a negative association was found. These associations were mediated by general intergroup anxiety. These relationships highlight the importance of integrating theories of interpersonal and intergroup relations when investigating intergroup contact. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREJUDICES
ANXIETY
ANALYSIS of variance
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
ETHNIC groups
FRIENDSHIP
INTERPERSONAL relations
INTIMACY (Psychology)
LONGITUDINAL method
MINORITIES
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PANEL analysis
PATH analysis (Statistics)
CULTURAL pluralism
PSYCHOLOGY
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
RELIGION
RESEARCH funding
SELF-disclosure
HUMAN sexuality
SEX distribution
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
STATISTICS
MATHEMATICAL variables
THEORY
DATA analysis
MEMBERSHIP
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIAL attitudes
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
STRUCTURAL equation modeling
RESEARCH bias
REPEATED measures design
UNDERGRADUATES
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00462772
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67365764
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.843