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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Intergroup attitudes"”.
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The formation and management of national identity and intergroup attitudes among school children in two polarised Belfast communities
This thesis, which has been prompted by my own experiences of living and growing up in Belfast, sets out to explore how identities are constructed and contextually managed by school children from diverse environments. To this end two hundred and twenty eight Catholic and Protestant school children …
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Hierarchy Attenuating/Enhancing Organizational Environments and Intergroup Attitudes: Relationship of Racism, Classism, and Sexism in Multiracial and Monoracial Churches of the United States
… environments affect classism and sexism attitudes among congregations. The finding shows that multiracial churches promote H-A environment for class and race diversity, but not for gender equality. The class and race diversity is affected by organizational structure; on the other hand, …
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Prejudice, contact and attitude change in South Africa : a study of integrated schools in the Western Cape
… School were assessed for their effects on the attitudes of the learners. The dependent measure was the extent of racial prejudice displayed in social distance, subtle racism and ethnic attitudes toward each other. The independent and dependent measures were compiled into a questionnaire which …
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Racial integration : a social intervention on a South African university campus
… accepted proposition that contact improves intergroup attitudes, with stronger effects in settings that reflect optimal conditions of contact. Investigators have long been interested in the effects of contact in South Africa where, until twenty years ago, intergroup contact had been formally …
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Values as Guiding Principles of Motivation: A Two Factor Model
… the extent and direction to which these intergroup attitudes color judgments. Research demonstrates that numerous personality variables act as predictors of the use of stereotypes and prejudice. Some attempts have been made to organize these measures into underlying values systems. I …
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Contact, Disclosure, Stereotypes, and Attitudes Toward People with Physical Disabilities: The Mediator Effects of Intergroup Anxiety and Social Support
Guided by intergroup contact theory (Allport, 1954; Pettigrew, 1998), the current study examined the influences of perceptions of individuals without disabilities (N = 189) regarding their communication experiences with the most frequent contact with an invisible physical disability on willingness …
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Applying theory-based interventions to encourage successful intergroup contact through shared education programme in Northern Ireland
… now in a period of peace after years of violent intergroup conflict, known as ‘the Troubles’, Northern Ireland continues to experience difficult intergroup relations and societal segregation between the Catholic and Protestant communities (Jarman, 2005; Balcells, Daniels & Escribà-Folch, 2016). …
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Cross-race student-teacher relationships and the transition to kindergarten
Previous research suggests that young children expect individuals who are members of the same social group (e.g., race, gender) to have warmer and closer relationships than individuals who are members of different social groups. Such an expectation may act as a barrier to academic achievement for …
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Early conceptions of national identity: causes and consequences
National identity is a powerful category marker that has been found to influence people’s perceptions and judgments of social others. While one’s nationality is technically defined by circumstantial factors (e.g., birthplace, residence), as opposed to inherent or biological features, adults still …
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Attitudes Toward Immigrants as a Function of National Identity Distinctiveness Threat and Imagined Contact
<p>As immigration rises, frequent and positive intergroup interactions with immigrants are increasingly necessary to ensure smooth and harmonious societal and community functioning. However, immigrants are often perceived to threaten the host population’s distinctive national group identity, …
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Sexist Stereotypes and Prejudice in the Latin American Context, and Their Relation to Sexual Violence
… on the relationship between gender stereotypes, attitudes, and prejudice, and how these are responsible for the disadvantage and discrimination of women, as well as for the violence against them. Gender-based violence, including femicide, is the ultimate and most serious consequence of gender …
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The Dark Duo: Exploring Change and Tokenism in Colonial Ideologies
… predicts support for bicultural political attitudes. To explore a possible cause of tokenism at the population level, Study 4 reveals that patriotism (but not nationalism) among settler colonisers predicts within-person increases in historical negation and decreases in symbolic exclusion …