LACKO, David, Jaroslav TOČÍK, Tibor ŽINGORA, Martina HŘEBÍČKOVÁ and Sylvie GRAF. Intergroup Contact Is Linked To Discrimination Against Minorities Through Threat And Attitudes. In 25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2020+). 2021.
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Original name Intergroup Contact Is Linked To Discrimination Against Minorities Through Threat And Attitudes
Authors LACKO, David, Jaroslav TOČÍK, Tibor ŽINGORA, Martina HŘEBÍČKOVÁ and Sylvie GRAF.
Edition 25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2020+), 2021.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Requested lectures
Field of Study 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. David Lacko, Ph.D., učo 427357. Changed: 26/7/2021 12:55.
Abstract
Direct and mass-mediated intergroup contact with minority members challenges majority’s prejudice against social minorities. However, contact effects on discriminatory intentions are comparatively less established. In Czech majority (N = 7498), we first validated a new measure of discriminatory intentions on the case of Czech Vietnamese, the most salient immigrant minority in the Czech Republic. We split the sample randomly into two datasets and investigated the psychometric properties of the discrimination scale with exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Internal consistency as well as model fit of the hierarchical three-factor scale were satisfactory. The final solution was cross-validated using the other half of the sample. Next, using the structural equation modelling, we estimated the effect of positive and negative, direct and mass-mediated intergroup contact of Czechs with the Vietnamese on discriminatory intentions of Czechs towards the Vietnamese. In the model, we employed threats perceived from and attitudes toward the Vietnamese as mediating mechanisms, with participants’ age and gender entered as covariates. Positive direct intergroup contact with the Vietnamese was associated with lower discriminatory intentions toward the Vietnamese both directly and indirectly through lower threat perceived from and more positive attitudes toward the Vietnamese. Negative direct intergroup contact was associated with higher discriminatory intentions toward the Vietnamese both directly and indirectly through higher threat and less positive attitudes. Positive mass-mediated contact was linked to discrimination only indirectly through less threat and more positive attitudes toward the Vietnamese. Negative mass-mediated contact was associated with higher discriminatory intentions both directly and indirectly only through perceived threat. This research brings new evidence on the role of intergroup contact in majority’s intentions to discriminate against social minorities, considering the role of perceived threat and prejudice.
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