Contact between Catholic and Protestant schoolchildren in Northern Ireland

2013/05/21 by Rhiannon N. Turner, Tania Tam, Miles Hewstone +3 · 98 citations
Chemistry · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Chemistry #Developmental psychology #Empathy #Friendship #Group (periodic table) #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Prejudice (legal term) #Psychology #Racial and Ethnic Identity Research #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1111/jasp.12018

published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology 43(S2) (Wiley)

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Abstract

Abstract This study explored segregation and sectarianism among children in integrated and non‐integrated N orthern I rish schools. Results revealed a substantial relationship between 2 types of intergroup contact—cross‐group friendship and extended contact—and lower levels of prejudice. While cross‐group friendships were associated with more positive intergroup relations via the mediating mechanisms of self‐disclosure and empathy with the out‐group, extended contact worked by eliciting positive perceived peer norms toward the out‐group. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for intergroup relations among children in conflict societies.

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