Based on two cross-sectional probability samples (Study 1: N = 1,382, Study 2: N = 1,587), we studied the interplay between positive and negative intergroup contact, different types of intergroup emotions (i.e., episodic intergroup emotions encountered during contact and more general chronic intergroup emotions), and outgroup behavior in the context of intergroup relations between non-immigrant...

Scholars have long explored the colorblind and multicultural ideological approaches to improving intergroup attitudes and relations. Polyculturalism, a newly studied ideological approach, focuses on the past and current interactions and connections among different racial and ethnic groups. Drawing on cross-disciplinary work, we critically examine the various forms that each of these ideological...

When objective group membership and subjective ethnic identification don’t align, which has a greater impact on how people feel towards the groups they affiliate with, and why? Deprived of many distinctiveness markers typically found in intergroup relations (e.g., physical features, obvious status differences), Taiwanese society provides a perfect natural context to explore the impact of object...

Consistent with the role of a long-term perspective in reducing the tendency of intergroup relations to be more competitive than interindividual relations in the context of noncorrespondent outcomes, an experiment demonstrated that anticipated future interaction reduced intergroup but not interindividual competitiveness. Further results indicated that the effect was present only for groups comp...

Clarifying the Role of Perception in Intergroup Relations: Origins of Bias, Components of Perception, and Practical Implications Y. Jenny Xiao, Géraldine Coppin & Jay J. Van Bavel To cite this article: Y. Jenny Xiao, Géraldine Coppin & Jay J. Van Bavel (2016) Clarifying the Role of Perception in Intergroup Relations: Origins of Bias, Components of Perception, and Practical Implications, Psychol...

There are various theoretical approaches for understanding intergroup biases among children and adolescents. This article focuses on the social identity approach argues that existing research will benefit by more fully considering implications of this examining relations youngsters. These include (a) importance self-categorization, (b) role self-stereotyping group identification, (c) relevance ...