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- Title
Attachment security and intergroup contact.
- Authors
Boccato, Giulio; Capozza, Dora; Trifiletti, Elena; Di Bernardo, Gian Antonio
- Abstract
The contact hypothesis suggests that the interaction between members of different groups decreases prejudice. Moderators and mediators shaping this link have been investigated. However, research about the factors that facilitate contact is not frequent. This article examines secure attachment as an antecedent of contact. Three studies provide information about various aspects of the relationship between secure attachment and contact: security is positively associated with (a) intergroup contact, which in turn is related to reduced prejudice (Study 1); (b) implicit approach tendencies toward the outgroup (Study 2); and, once again, (c) with contact through the indirect effect of openness to exploration (Study 3). In the discussion, we recommend priming both secure and insecure schemas to investigate their unique effects on intergroup contact.
- Subjects
CONTACT hypothesis (Sociology); PREJUDICES; OUTGROUPS (Social groups); SOCIAL psychology; ATTACHMENT behavior
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 11, p629
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jasp.12325