To know you is to love you: Effects of intergroup contact and knowledge on intergroup anxiety and prejudice among indigenous Chileans.
Two surveys were conducted in Chile with indigenous Mapuche participants (N study 1: 573; N study 2: 198). In line with previous theorising, it was predicted that intergroup contact with the non-indigenous majority reduces prejudice. It was expected that this effect would be because of contact leading to more knowledge about the outgroup, which would then lead to less intergroup anxiety. The two studies yielded converging support for these predictions.
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
Hanna
H
Zagefka
Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Roberto
R
González
School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Rupert
R
Brown
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
Siugmin
S
Lay
Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Jorge
J
Manzi
Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Nicolás
N
Didier
D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002677:Chile; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Intergroup anxiety; Intergroup contact; Intergroup knowledge; Prejudice