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Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/123748 Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect Strydom, Simone Swart, Hermann Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. Intergroup relations Contact Hypothesis Cross-group Friendship Secondary transfer effect Prejudice UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: he contact hypothesis (Allport, 1954) states that positive intergroup contact decreases bias. Allport’s (1954) formulation of the contact hypothesis has proved highly influential and experimental research that confirmed its basic principles (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006, 2008). The contact hypothesis has since developed into a theory with important implications (Hewstone, 2009; Hewstone & Swart, 2011). Contact Theory (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998; Tausch & Hewstone, 2010) is one of the most extensively investigated frameworks for reducing intergroup prejudice and a meta-analysis of 515 of studies has established that there is a significant negative relationship between contact and prejudice (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). The prejudice-reducing benefits of intergroup contact have also been shown to generalise well beyond the original contact situation or the specific outgroup encountered (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). There is also evidence that contact effects generalise from encounters with one outgroup to attitudes toward other outgroups outside that contact situation (i.e., a “secondary transfer effect”; Pettigrew, 2009). The present research investigated the secondary transfer effect (STE) of contact among a sample of white female South African students studying at Stellenbosch University. The results show that participants (N = 25) who engaged with a female black (African) South African confederate in a closeness induction task experienced a significant increase in outgroup trust towards black (African) South Africans in general post-task relative to their scores of outgroup trust one week earlier (Time 1 baseline). This improvement was maintained one-week post-task (Time 3). Participants in the control (no contact) group (N = 12) did not show a significant improvement in outgroup trust over time. Participants in both groups (direct contact and no contact) showed a non-significant improvement in outgroup attitudes towards black (African) South Africans from Time 1 to Time 2 and from Time 2 to Time 3. Finally, the results confirmed the STE via both attitude generalisation and trust generalisation. The change in outgroup attitudes towards black (African) South Africans from Time 1 to Time 2 significantly predicted more positive outgroup attitudes towards Indian South Africans at Time 2 (controlling for attitudes towards Indians at Time 1). Similarly, the change in outgroup trust towards black (African) South Africans from Time 1 to Time 2 significantly predicted more outgroup trust towards Indian South Africans at Time 2 (controlling for trust towards Indians at Time 1). AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die kontakhipotese (Allport, 1954) stel voor dat positiewe kontak tussen groepe vooroordeel verminder. Allport (1954) se formulering van die kontakhipotese het baie invloed gehad en eksperimentele navorsing het die basiese beginsels daarvan bevestig (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006, 2008). Die kontakhipotese het sedertdien tot ‘n teorie met belangrike implikasies ontwikkel (Hewstone, 2009; Hewstone & Swart, 2011). Kontakteorie (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998; Tausch & Hewstone, 2010) is een van die mees ondersoekte raamwerke vir die vermindering van tussengroep vooroordeel en 'n meta-analise van 515 studies het vasgestel dat daar 'n beduidende negatiewe verband is tussen kontak en vooroordeel (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). Daar is ook getoon dat die vooroordeel-verminderde voordele van intergroepkontak veralgemeen tot buite die oorspronklike kontaksituasie of die spesifieke buitegroep wat teëgekom is (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). Daar is ook bewyse dat kontakeffekte veralgemeen vanaf ontmoetings met een buitegroep tot houdings teenoor ander buitegroepe buite daardie kontaksituasie ('n 'sekondêre oordrageffek'; Pettigrew, 2009). Die huidige navorsing het die sekondêre oordrageffek (SOE) van kontak onder 'n steekproef van wit vroulike Suid- Afrikaanse studente wat aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch studeer, ondersoek. Resultate toon aan dat deelnemers (N = 25) wie met 'n vroulike swart (Afrikaan) Suid-Afrikaanse navorsingskonfederaat in 'n direkte induksietaak direkte kontak gehad het, na die taak 'n beduidende toename in buitegroepvertroue teenoor swart (Afrikaan) Suid-Afrikaners ervaar het teenoor hul tellings van buitegroepvertroue een week vroeër (tyd 1 basislyn). Hierdie verbetering is een week na die taak (Tyd 3) behou. Deelnemers aan die kontrolegroep (geen kontak; N = 12) het nie mettertyd 'n beduidende verbetering in buitegroepvertroue getoon nie. Deelnemers aan albei groepe (direkte kontak en geen kontak) het 'n nie-beduidende verbetering in hul buitegroephouding teenoor swart (Afrikaan) Suid-Afrikaners getoon vanaf Tyd 1 tot Tyd 2 nie, en ook nie van Tyd 2 tot Tyd 3 nie. Ten slotte het die resultate die SOE bevestig deur middel van beide houding-veralgemening en vertroue-veralgemening. Die verandering in buitegroephouding teenoor swart (Afrikaan) Suid-Afrikaners vanaf Tyd 1 tot Tyd 2 het beduidend meer positiewe buitegroephoudings teenoor Indiër-Suid-Afrikaners teen Tyd 2 voorspel (daar is vir die Tyd 1 buitegroephoudings teenoor Indiërs beheer). Net so het die verandering in buitegroepvertroue teenoor swart (Afrikaan) Suid-Afrikaners vanaf Tyd 1 tot Tyd 2 beduidend meer buitegroepvertroue teenoor Indiese Suid-Afrikaners teen Tyd 2 voorspel (daar is vir die Tyd 1 buitegroepvertroue teenoor Indiërs beheer). Masters 2021-11-10T11:09:38Z 2021-12-22T14:19:12Z 2021-11-10T11:09:38Z 2021-12-22T14:19:12Z 2021-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123748 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 103 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Intergroup relations Contact Hypothesis Cross-group Friendship Secondary transfer effect Prejudice UCTD Strydom, Simone Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| title | Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| title_full | Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| title_fullStr | Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| title_short | Reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact: an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| title_sort | reducing prejudice via direct intergroup contact an experimental study of the secondary transfer effect |
| topic | Intergroup relations Contact Hypothesis Cross-group Friendship Secondary transfer effect Prejudice UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123748 |
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