West, Keon and Greenland, Katy  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0096-2851
2016.
Beware of "reducing prejudice": imagined contact may backfire if applied with a prevention focus.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
46
(10)
, pp. 583-592.
10.1111/jasp.12387
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Abstract
Imagined intergroup contact—the mental simulation of a (positive) interaction with a member of another group—is a recently developed, low-risk, prejudice-reducing intervention. However, regulatory focus can moderate of the effects of prejudice-reducing interventions: a prevention focus (as opposed to a promotion focus) can lead to more negative outcomes. In two experiments we found that a prevention focus altered imagined contact's effects, causing the intervention to backfire. In Experiment 1, participants who reported a strong prevention-focus during imagined contact subsequently reported higher intergroup anxiety and (indirectly) less positive attitudes toward Asians. We found similar moderating effects in Experiment 2, using a different outgroup (gay men) and a subtle regulatory focus manipulation. Theoretical and practical implications for imagined contact are discussed
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
| ISSN: | 0021-9029 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 15 July 2016 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 2 May 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 21:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/92746 |
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