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Opening the black box of contact: Unravelling the ways through which positive contact is imagined in a post‐conflict context
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology ( IF 2.968 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-03 , DOI: 10.1002/casp.2465
Maria Ioannou 1 , Elisavet Panagiotou 2
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While there is growing support for the prejudice‐reduction effects of imagined contact, knowledge of the content of imagery in imagined contact studies remains scarce. This qualitative study aims to address this gap by unravelling the ways of imagining an intergroup encounter that is indeed positive. Our data consist of the imagined contact stories of 43 participants in two imagined contact studies conducted in Cyprus, a post‐conflict context characterised by low levels of contact because of long‐standing division across ethnic lines. Our analysis yielded four themes corresponding to four ways of construing positive contact: imagining a good Other, a similar Other, an inferior Other, as well as imagining successfully overcoming obstacles emerging before or during contact. While participants came up with ways to imagine positive contact that are consistent with intergroup contact literature (e.g., intergroup similarities, decategorisation), a closer look at the findings reveals that in composing a positive intergroup experience, participants made use of dysfunctional stereotypes and conflict‐perpetuating narratives whose objective is to protect their superior status and to ensure their safety during contact. The findings serve as a word of caution for imagined contact as a prejudice‐reduction intervention and they also attest to the importance of deeply knowing the psychological composition of the groups which (imagined) contact interventions typically aim to tackle.

中文翻译:

打开联系的黑匣子:阐明在冲突后环境中想象积极联系的方式

尽管人们越来越多地支持想象中的接触减少偏见的影响,但是在想象中的接触研究中对图像内容的了解仍然很少。这项定性研究旨在通过阐明想象中确实是积极的群体间相遇的方式来解决这一差距。我们的数据包括在塞浦路斯进行的两次想象的接触研究中43位参与者的想象的接触故事,这是冲突后的背景,其特征是由于长期以来种族间的分歧,接触水平较低。我们的分析产生了四个主题,分别对应于构筑积极接触的四种方式:想象一个好的他人,一个相似的他人,一个劣等的他人,以及想象成功克服在接触之前或接触过程中出现的障碍。尽管参与者想出了与团体间联系文献相符的想象积极接触的方式(例如,团体间的相似性,分类),但仔细研究发现可以发现,在构成积极的团体间体验时,参与者利用了功能障碍的刻板印象和冲突-使叙事永久化,其目的是保护其优越的地位并在接触过程中确保其安全。这些发现为想像中的接触作为减少偏见的干预提供了警告,也证明了深刻了解(想象中的)接触性干预通常旨在解决的群体的心理组成的重要性。仔细研究发现,发现在组建积极的群体间体验时,参与者利用了功能障碍的刻板印象和冲突持久的叙述,目的是保护自己的优越地位并确保他们在接触中的安全。这些发现为想像中的接触作为减少偏见的干预提供了警告,也证明了深刻了解(想象中的)接触性干预通常旨在解决的群体的心理组成的重要性。仔细研究发现,发现在组建积极的群体间体验时,参与者利用了功能障碍的刻板印象和冲突持久的叙述,目的是保护自己的优越地位并确保他们在接触中的安全。这些发现为想像中的接触作为减少偏见的干预提供了警告,也证明了深刻了解(想象中的)接触性干预通常旨在解决的群体的心理组成的重要性。
更新日期:2020-06-03
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