Advances in intergroup contact / edited by Gordon Hodson and Miles Hewstone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodson, Gordon.

Hewstone, Miles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intergroup relations.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Psychology Press, 2013.

Summary:

Hodson (psychology, Brock U., Canada) and Hewstone (social psychology, New College, Oxford U., UK) offer students and scholars of social psychology and sociology, and policy makers and practitioners, a volume of 11 essays on recent research in intergroup contact. After an introduction to intergroup contact theory and advances in research, psychologists from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Singapore outline potential barriers for successful intergroup contact and contact-based solutions to the problems of intergroup hostility and dislike. They examine mediators of contact (intergroup anxiety, threat, empathy, and perspective taking); norms surrounding contact; the efficacy of cross-group friendships; the role of group status; processes of attitude generalization; individual differences as predictors and moderators of contact effects; intergroup contact among children; advances in methodology and statistics; and alternatives to direct contact. Psychology Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Introduction: advances in intergroup contact / Gordon Hodson & Miles Hewstone

Potential obstacles to positive intergroup contact and directions for circumvention

Getting past the self : understanding and removing evaluative concerns as an obstacle to positive intergroup contact effects / Jacquie D. Vorauer

Is intergroup contact beneficial among intolerant people? : exploring individual differences in the benefits of contact on attitudes / Gordon Hodson, Kimberly Costello, & Cara C. MacInnis

Generalized effects of intergroup contact : the secondary transfer effect / Simon Lolliot, Katharina Schmid, Miles Hewstone, Ananthi Al Ramiah, Nicole Tausch, & Hermann Swart

The role of group power in intergroup contact / Tamar Saguy, Linda R. Tropp, & Diala Hawi

Building intimacy in intergroup contact : preludes and processes

Imagined intergroup contact : refinements, debates and clarifications / Richard J. Crisp & Rhiannon N. Turner

Intergroup contact across time : beyond initial contact / Tessa V

West & john f. dovidio

Positive and negative intergroup contact among children and its effect on attitudes / Francis E. Aboud & Christia Spears Brown

Intergroup contact through friendship : intimacy and norms / Kristen Davies, Stephen C. Wright, Arthur Aron, & Joseph Comeau

Methodological concerns and future considerations

Methodological issues in the study of intergroup contact : towards a new wave of research / Oliver Christ & Ulrich Wagner

Advances in intergroup contact : epilogue and future directions / Gordon Hodson, Miles Hewstone & Hermann Swart.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848720541

1848720548

9781848721142

1848721145

OCLC:

694393740