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- Title
Contact between Catholic and Protestant schoolchildren in Northern Ireland.
- Authors
Turner, Rhiannon N.; Tam, Tania; Hewstone, Miles; Kenworthy, Jared; Cairns, Ed
- Abstract
This study explored segregation and sectarianism among children in integrated and non-integrated Northern Irish schools. Results revealed a substantial relationship between 2 types of intergroup contact-cross-group friendship and extended contact-and lower levels of prejudice. While cross-group friendships were associated with more positive intergroup relations via the mediating mechanisms of self-disclosure and empathy with the out-group, extended contact worked by eliciting positive perceived peer norms toward the out-group. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for intergroup relations among children in conflict societies.
- Subjects
NORTHERN Ireland; CONTACT hypothesis (Sociology); INTERGROUP relations; PROTESTANTS; CATHOLICS; PREJUDICE &; religion; SOCIAL integration; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2013, Vol 43, pE216
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jasp.12018