While extended intergroup contact has been commonly studied in the context of prejudice reduction, less is known about its implications for processes related to the ingroup. Through three correlational and one experimental studies (total N = 897) conducted in two different intergroup contexts (Turkey and United Kingdom), we investigated whether extended intergroup contact relates to social distance and attitudes towards ingroup members as a function of outgroup attitudes. We also investigated ingroup identification and perceived ingroup morality as potential mediators in these associations. Correlational studies demonstrated that especially when outgroup attitudes were more negative, participants’ positive (but not negative) extended contact was related to a more negative evaluation of the ingroup; whereas when outgroup attitudes were more positive, extended contact was associated with positive attitudes towards the ingroup. We found experimental evidence for the suggested relationships in relation to ingroup social distance. Findings are discussed in the light of vicarious dissonance theory and deprovincialization hypothesis.

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我（不）喜欢你（不）喜欢他们的方式：长期接触对社会距离和对内群体态度的作用。

虽然在减少偏见的背景下普遍研究了扩展的群体间接触，但对其对与内群体相关的过程的影响知之甚少。通过三项相关研究和一项实验研究（共N = 897）在两个不同的群体间环境（土耳其和英国）进行，我们调查了扩展的群体间接触是否与社会距离和对内群体成员的态度有关，作为外群体态度的函数。我们还调查了内群体认同和感知内群体道德作为这些关联中的潜在中介。相关研究表明，尤其是当外群体态度更消极时，参与者积极（但不是消极）的长期接触与对内群体更消极的评价有关；而当外群体态度更积极时，长期接触与对内群体的积极态度相关。我们找到了与内群体社交距离相关的建议关系的实验证据。