Reducing aggressive intergroup action tendencies: Effects of intergroup contact via perceived intergroup threat
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Reducing aggressive intergroup action tendencies: effects of intergroup contact via perceived intergroup threat.
Two studies tested the prediction that more positive intergroup contact would be associated with reduced aggressive intergroup action tendencies, an effect predicted to occur indirectly via reduced intergroup threat perceptions, and over and above well-established effects of contact on intergroup attitudes. Study 1, using data based on a cross-section of the general population of eight European...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aggressive Behavior
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0096-140X
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21516