Intergroup Contact and Ingroup Reappraisal: Examining the Deprovincialization Thesis

Autor/inn/en	Verkuyten, Maykel; Thijs, Jochem; Bekhuis, Hidde
Titel	Intergroup Contact and Ingroup Reappraisal: Examining the Deprovincialization Thesis
Quelle	In: Social Psychology Quarterly, 73 (2010) 4, S.398-416 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2725
DOI	10.1177/0190272510389015
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cultural Pluralism; Intergroup Relations; Intercultural Communication; Ethnocentrism; Group Dynamics; Muslims; Secondary School Students; Group Behavior; Interaction; Context Effect; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kulturpluralismus; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Ethnozentrismus; Gruppendynamik; Muslim; Muslimin; Sekundarschüler; Gruppenverhalten; Interaktion; Niederlande
Abstract	According to the deprovincialization thesis, interethnic contact involves a reappraisal and distancing from the ingroup. Contact can broaden one's horizon by acknowledging and recognizing the value of other cultures and thereby putting the taken-for-granted own cultural standards into perspective. The current research uses data from three surveys to examine the relationship between quantity of outgroup contact and ingroup distance (ingroup identification and ingroup feelings) among native Dutch participants. More positive contact with ethnic outgroups was expected to lead to a higher endorsement of multiculturalism, that, in turn, is related to a stronger distancing from the ingroup. Findings in all three studies support the deprovincialization thesis. In addition, in Study 3, mediation is found independently of outgroup threat. Findings across the three studies confirm the stability of the results and cross-validate the deprovincialization thesis. (Contains 6 tables and 6 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10