West, K., Hotchin, V. and Wood, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-6451-7859 (2017) Imagined contact can be more effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47 (5). pp. 282-292. ISSN 0021-9029
Abstract
Imagined contact is an intervention that combines the prejudice-reduction of intergroup contact with the easy, low-risk application of imagery-based techniques. Accordingly, it can be applied where direct contact is difficult or risky. However, a possible limitation of imagined contact is that it may not be effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices, which would limit its usefulness and application. Two experiments (N1 5 103, N2 5 95) investigated whether initial prejudice moderated imagined contact’s effects on explicit attitudes, behavioral intentions (Experiment 1), implicit attitudes, and petition-signing behaviors (Experiment 2) toward two different outgroups. In both experiments, imagined contact was more effective when initial prejudice was higher. Implications for imagined contact theory and application are discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: West K, Hotchin V, Wood C. Imagined contact can be more effective for participants with stronger initial prejudices.Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2017;47:282–292, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12437. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2017 15:15 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2023 14:41 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12437 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jasp.12437 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:114190 |