Turner, RN, Dhont, K, Hewstone, M et al. (2 more authors) (2014) The role of personality factors in the reduction of intergroup anxiety and amelioration of outgroup attitudes via intergroup contact. European Journal of Personality, 28 (2). pp. 180-192. ISSN 0890-2070
Abstract
Two studies investigated the role of personality factors in the amelioration of outgroup attitudes via intergroup contact. In study 1, the effect of extraversion on outgroup attitude operated via an increase in cross-group friendship, whereas openness to experience and agreeableness had a direct effect on outgroup attitude. In study 2, we included intergroup anxiety as a mediator explaining these relationships, and we ruled out ingroup friendship as a potential confound. We found that the relationships between openness to experience and agreeableness on the one hand and outgroup attitude on the other were mediated by reduced intergroup anxiety. In addition, the effect of extraversion on outgroup attitude operated via an increase in cross-group friendship that was in turn associated with lower levels of intergroup anxiety. Across both studies, the friendship-attitude relationship was stronger among those low in agreeableness and extraversion. We discuss the importance of integrating personality and situational approaches to prejudice reduction in optimizing the impact of contact-based interventions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Turner, R. N., Dhont, K., Hewstone, M., Prestwich, A. and Vonofakou, C. (2014), The Role of Personality Factors in the Reduction of Intergroup Anxiety and Amelioration of Outgroup Attitudes via Intergroup Contact. European Journal of Personality, 28(2): 180–192, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1927. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | cross-group friendships;extraversion;openness to experience;agreeableness;intergroup anxiety |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2016 14:04 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 11:06 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1927 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/per.1927 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94574 |