Think beyond contact: Reformulating imagined intergroup contact theory by adding friendship potential

Bağcı, Sabahat Çiğdem; Piyale, Zeynep Ecem; Bircek, N. Isik; Ebcim, Efsane

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“…Among the dependent variables, we used a three-item outgroup attitude scale assessing feelings towards Kurdish people on bipolar adjectives (negative/positive, cold/ warm, hostile/friendly) which have been used in previous research (e.g., Bagci et al, 2017;Swart, Hewstone, Christ, & Voci, 2010; Aron, McLaughlin-Volpe, & Ropp, 1997, a 5 0.96). Perceived group threat was measured by three items (Schlueter, Schmidt, & Wagner, 2008); one item was discarded, because it reduced reliability ("Kurdish children in schools damage the quality of education Turkish children receive").…”

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“…Other research has demonstrated that details about the contact scenario enhanced imagined contact effects on attitudes (Husnu & Crisp, 2010b, Miles & Crisp, 2014. West and Bruckm€ uller (2013) showed that cognitively more difficult tasks decreased the influence of imagined contact, whereas Bagci, Piyale, Bircek, and Ebcim (2017) demonstrated that adding friendship features to the contact scenario increased the benefits of the strategy.…”

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“…We examined the effects of imagined contact on previously studied intergroup outcomes including outgroup attitudes, perceived group threat, and intergroup anxiety (Bagci et al, 2017;Turner et al, 2013).…”

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“…The neutral condition was the same as the neutral condition in Study 1 and Study 2. Participants in the imagined contact condition were given the basic contact instruction (e.g., see Stathi & Crisp, 2008), enhanced with the friendship potential (Bagci et al, 2017): …”

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Imagined contact in high conflict settings: The role of ethnic group identification and the perspective of minority group members

Bağcı

Piyale

Ebcim

2017

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Recent contact literature has shown that imagining a positive intergroup encounter improves intergroup attitudes and behaviors, yet less is known about the effects of imagined contact in high conflict settings. We conducted three studies to understand the potential effects of imagined intergroup contact among ethnic Turks (majority status) and ethnic Kurds (minority status) in the Turkish-Kurdish interethnic conflict setting. Study 1 (N 5 47, Turkish) tested standard imagined contact effects (neutral vs. standard imagined contact condition) among majority Turks and showed that imagined contact was effective on outgroup attitudes, perceived threat, intergroup anxiety, and support for multiculturalism only among participants with higher ethnic identification.Study 2 (N 5 107, Turkish) examined how ethnic identification of the contact partner would influence the effectiveness of the standard imagined contact scenario (neutral vs. standard vs. ethnic identification condition) and demonstrated that imagined contact effects were more negative when the contact partner identified with his/her ethnic group during imagined contact. Study 3 (N 5 55, Kurdish) investigated imagined contact effects (neutral vs. standard imagined contact condition) among an ethnic minority group and showed that imagined contact did not improve minority group members' outgroup attitudes, but did decrease intergroup anxiety and perceived discrimination (marginally significantly) and increased perceived positive attitudes from the majority group. Practical implications of the use of imagined intergroup contact strategy in conflictridden settings were discussed.

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Imagined contact in high conflict settings: The role of ethnic group identification and the perspective of minority group members

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Piyale

Ebcim

2017

J Applied Social Pyschol

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“…Bu da gruplararası temas stratejilerinin Suriyeliler arasında uygulanmasının yanı sıra Türklerde de özellikle bu gruba yönelik tutum ve davranışların daha olumlu hale getirilmesi için kullanılabilir. Nitekim, benzer çalışmalarda kurgusal temasın Türklerin Suriyelilere yönelik tutum ve davranışsal eğilimlerini olumlu yönde etkilemiş, algılanan tehdit duygusunu da azaltmıştır (Bagci, Piyale, Bircek ve Ebcim, 2018).…”

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Mediators on the relationship between contact with Turks and psychological well-being among Syrian immigrants

Hemşinlioğlu¹,

Canpolat²

2019

Nesne

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Son yıllarda Türkiye'de ve dünyada artan göç sayısı ile birlikte, farklı gruplar arasındaki ilişkileri düzenlemek ve uyum sürecinde çeşitli zorluklar yaşayan göçmen, sığınmacı ve mülteci grupların psikolojik iyi oluşlarını arttırabilmek adına gruplararası temasın etki mekanizmasının anlaşılması bir gereklilik haline gelmiştir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Suriyeli sığınmacıların Türklerle temasının psikolojik iyi oluşlarıyla ilişkisinde gruplararası kaygı, içgrupla özdeşleşme ve toplumsal kabullenilmenin aracı rolünü incelemektir. Toplamda 163 Suriyeli katılımcı (88 kadın, 75 erkek) gruplararası temas, gruplararası kaygı, çoklu-grup kimlikle özdeşleşme, toplumsal kabullenilme ve psikolojik büyüme ölçeklerini cevaplandırmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda, olumlu temasın gruplararası kaygı ile olumsuz, içgrup kimlikle özdeşleşme ve toplumsal kabullenme ile olumlu yönde ilişkili olduğuna dair bulgular elde edilmiştir. Aynı zamanda, gruplararası kaygı, kimlikle özdeşleşme ve toplumsal kabullenilme psikolojik iyi oluşu anlamlı şekilde yordamaktadır. Gruplararası temas ve psikolojik iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkinin doğrudan anlamlı olmadığı; ancak bu ilişkinin üç aracı değişken aracılığıyla dolaylı olarak anlamlı olduğu bulunmuştur. Bulgular Suriyeli sığınmacıların Türklerle olumlu temasının psikolojik iyi oluşlarına olumlu katkısının altını çizmektedir. Mediators on The Relationship between Contact with Turks and Psychological Well-being among Syrian Asylum Seekers Abstract With increasing number of immigrants throughout the world and Turkey, it has become critical to examine the role of intergroup contact between majority and minority groups to improve the psychological well-being of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees who face major difficulties during this adaptational process. The aim of this study is to show whether Syrian asylum seekers' contact with Turks is related to their psychological well-being via the mediating roles of intergroup anxiety, ingroup identification, and social acceptance. A total of 163 Syrian participants (88 females, 75 males) responded to measures of intergroup contact, intergroup anxiety, multi-group ethnic identity, public self-esteem, and flourishing scales. Findings demonstrated that positive contact was negatively associated with intergroup anxiety and positively associated with both social acceptance and ingroup identification. While the direct relationship between intergroup contact and psychological well-being was not significant, the indirect effects of contact on well-being were significant across all three mediators. Findings are discussed in terms of the effective role of intergroup contact on predicting Syrians' psychological well-being.

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Intergroup friendships between South Korean hosts and North Korean refugees: Implications for educational practices

Myeong

Lee

2021

British Educational Res J

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While young South Koreans’ (SKs’) views on North Korean (NK) refugees, North Korea and Korean reunification have become increasingly negative or callous, less is understood about viable interventions to address their aggravating attitudes. Through the lens of Allport’s intergroup contact theory, the current study explored how SK college students’ friendships with NK refugees influence their perspectives on (a) attitudes towards NK refugees; (b) interest in North Korea; and (c) views about Korean reunification. We used a concurrent triangulation mixed‐methods design that integrates quantitative data via a survey and qualitative data via in‐depth interviews. Survey data drawn from 276 SK college students revealed that those with NK refugee friends showed more favourable attitudes towards the NK refugee population, greater interest in North Korea‐related issues and NK society, and more positive perspectives on Korean reunification. A cross‐analysis of in‐depth interviews with 11 SK college students who developed friendships with NK refugees yielded five primary domains: (a) initial occasion on which they met the NK refugee friend(s); (b) feelings and thoughts about friendships with NK refugee(s); (c) friendship‐induced changes in perceptions of the NK refugee population; (d) friendship‐induced changes in perceptions of North Korea; and (e) friendship‐induced changes in perceptions of Korean reunification. Based on the intergroup friendship’s promising effects that our findings suggest, we discussed the benefits of employing educational practices that could promote intergroup contacts and understandings of North Korea and the refugee population.

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Think beyond contact: Reformulating imagined intergroup contact theory by adding friendship potential

Cited by 31 publications

References 39 publications

Imagined contact in high conflict settings: The role of ethnic group identification and the perspective of minority group members

Imagined contact in high conflict settings: The role of ethnic group identification and the perspective of minority group members

Mediators on the relationship between contact with Turks and psychological well-being among Syrian immigrants

Intergroup friendships between South Korean hosts and North Korean refugees: Implications for educational practices

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