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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 8, 1145-1158 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205274854
© 2005 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Differential Relationships Between Intergroup Contact and Affective and Cognitive Dimensions of Prejudice

Linda R. Tropp

Boston College, tropp{at}bc.edu

Thomas F. Pettigrew

University of California-Santa Cruz

Research on affective dimensions of intergroup relationships suggests that positive effects of intergroup contact can generalize through establishing affective ties with outgroup members. However, research on cognitive dimensions emphasizes that it is often difficult to generalize positive contact outcomes. In this research, the authors examine whether affective and cognitive dimensions of prejudice bear different relationships to intergroup contact. Using data from a larger meta-analysis of contact effects, Study 1 demonstrates that affective indicators of prejudice typically yield stronger, inverse contact-prejudice relationships than such cognitive indicators as stereotypes. Study 2 replicates these trends in a survey study using multiple indicators of affective and cognitive dimensions of prejudice. Study 2 also shows significant, inverse relationships between contact and affective prejudice when contact is assessed either as number of outgroup friends or intergroup closeness. Together, these results suggest that affective dimensions of intergroup relationships are especially critical for understanding the nature of contact-prejudice effects.

Key Words: intergroup contact • prejudice • affective and cognitive dimensions • affective ties


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