Categorization and intergroup anxiety in contact between British and Japanese nationals

Greenland, Katy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0096-2851 and Brown, Rupert 1999. Categorization and intergroup anxiety in contact between British and Japanese nationals. European Journal of Social Psychology 29 (4) , pp. 503-521. 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199906)29:4<503::AID-EJSP941>3.0.CO;2-Y

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Abstract

Two studies examined the relationship between categorization, intergroup anxiety and intergroup attitudes (intergroup bias and negative affect). Study 1 consisted of a survey of 236 British and Japanese nationals. Study 2 was a longitudinal study of 54 Japanese students studying in the UK. Of the three categorization variables (interpersonal, superordinate and intergroup), only intergroup categorization was shown to have a relationship to generalized intergroup attitudes. In addition, intergroup anxiety and quality of contact were associated with ingroup bias and negative affect to the outgroup. Study 2 revealed an interaction between intergroup categorization and quality of contact in predicting negative affect. Intergroup anxiety was also associated with increased intergroup categorization. It is concluded that the effects of categorization during contact are still poorly understood, and that intergroup anxiety is a far more powerful variable in contact than the current literature acknowledges. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0046-2772
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	12 June 1998
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2024 02:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/87822

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