Title of article :
All in this together? Group representations and policy support
Author/Authors :
Beaton، نويسنده , , Ann M. and Dovidio، نويسنده , , John F. and Léger، نويسنده , , Nadine، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Abstract :
The present research explored the relationship between how Canadians perceived the quality of intergroup contact with Americans and their support for different antiterrorism policies, considering the potential mediating role of intergroup representations specified in the Common Ingroup Identity Model. Canadian students (n = 360) completed questionnaires that assessed their perceptions of the quality of intergroup contact with Americans, group representations, and reactions to various policies tied to the war against terror. Specifically, we tested a model of how perceptions of the quality of intergroup contact, along the dimensions specified by the Contact Hypothesis, predict different representations of the two groups (Canadians and Americans), and then how these different representations predict reactions to antiterrorist policies. Structural equation modeling analysis supported the predictions, revealing the pivotal role of group representations for policy views.
Keywords :
Common Ingroup Identity Model , Antiterrorist policy attitudes , contact hypothesis
Journal title :
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Journal title :
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology