Buffering anti-fat attitudes using contact: The roles of contact quantity, duration, favorability, and intergroup anxiety

Decades of intergroup contact research have found that with outgroups reduces negative attitudes. Yet, few studies examined the association between and anti-fat Furthermore, testing different facets contact, namely quantity versus duration, provides more precise theoretical predictions for their effectiveness in this under-tested context. This study whether anxiety was indirectly related to favorability moderated relationship attitudes, tested through constructs (i.e., how many individuals interacted with) duration often time spent). Undergraduates (N = 343; 260 women) based United States completed an online survey assessing favorability, anxiety, Analyses conditional indirect effects showed longer but not reduced which lowered The paths both types were upon favorability. Contact attitudes such favorable Findings are discussed within hypothesis, future should explore distinct elements hypothesis as applicable prejudice in-person contexts.