Comparing intergroup contact effects on blatant and subtle prejudice in adolescents: a multivariate multilevel model.
BACKGROUND
The literature has rarely paid attention to the differential influence of intergroup contact on subtle and blatant prejudice. In this study, we hypothesized that the influence of intergroup contact on subtle prejudice will be smaller than its influence on blatant prejudice.


METHODS
This hypothesis was tested with data from a cross-sectional design on 1,655 school-aged native Spanish adolescents. Prejudice was measured with a shortened version of the Meertens and Pettigrew scale of blatant and subtle prejudice adapted to Spanish adolescent population.


RESULTS
Results from multivariate multilevel analyses for correlated outcome variables supported the hypothesis. Students tended to score higher on the subtle prejudice scale; contact with the outgroup was statistically related both to levels of blatant and subtle prejudice; and, the negative relationship of contact with the outgroup and prejudice is greater for blatant prejudice as compared to subtle prejudice.


CONCLUSIONS
Overall, results provide statistical evidence supporting the greater resistance to change of subtle forms of prejudice.
Universidad de Oviedo.
Juan
J
Herrero Olaizola
Francisco Javier
FJ
Rodríguez Díaz
Gonzalo
G
Musitu Ochoa
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires