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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Intergroup anxiety in interracial interaction: The role of prejudice and metastereotypes
Journal of Social Issues, Volume 66, No. 2, Year 2010
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Description
Intergroup contact is known to promote positive intergroup relations. However, in natural settings race groups tend to self-segregate. Prejudice and metaperceptions are hypothesized to act as barriers to mixing. The experiment reported in this article investigates the role of prejudice and metastereotypes in producing the intergroup anxiety experienced in a simulated contact situation. The experiment was replicated at three different universities and involved different combinations of race groups. Participants believed that they were communicating in an Internet chatroom with two other students, who were either of the same or of a different race to themselves. Participants' level of prejudice and degree of negative metastereotypes were both found to be predictors of the intergroup anxiety experienced in this interaction, with metastereotypes emerging as more important. The implications of these results for addressing negative intergroup relations in South Africa are discussed. © 2010 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
Authors & Co-Authors
Finchilescu, Gillian
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Statistics
Citations: 93
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01648.x
ISSN:
00224537
Research Areas
Mental Health
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa