Abstract
A longitudinal field study examined Pettigrew’s (1998) intergroup contact theory and Gaertner et al.’s (2000) Common Ingroup Identity Model (CIIM). In Pettigrew’s model, the contact-prejudice relation is mediated by changing behavior, ingroup reappraisal, generating affective ties, and learning about the outgroup. Pettigrew’s integration of the three chief models of contact generalization into a time-sequence holds that contact first elicits decategorization, then salient categorization, and finally recategorization. In CIIM, these three levels of categorization—plus a fourth, dual identity—are thought to be mediators in the contact-prejudice relation. Results underline the crucial mediating role of behavior modification in Pettigrew’s model and interpersonal and superordinate levels in CIIM. An attempt to partially integrate the two models is presented.
Keywords
PsychologyPrejudice (legal term)CategorizationIngroups and outgroupsSocial psychologySuperordinate goalsOutgroupContact hypothesisInterpersonal communicationAssociation (psychology)Identity (music)Social identity theoryContact theorySocial groupLinguistics
Affiliated Institutions
Related Publications
Cross‐Cultural Testing of Three Social Cognitive Theories: An Application to Condom Use<sup>1</sup>
The aim of this study was to test the cross‐cultural validity of Fishbein and Ajzen's theory of reasoned action, Ajzen's theory of planned behavior, and Triandis' theory of inte...
The weirdest people in the world?
Abstract Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior in the world's top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educa...
Attachment, Exploration, and Separation: Illustrated by the Behavior of One-Year-Olds in a Strange Situation
cussed. As an illustration of these concepts, a study is reported of 56 white, middle-class infants, 49-51 weeks of age, in a strange situation. The presence of the mother was f...
Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Review and Avenues for Further Research
This paper describes and reviews the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The focus is on evidence supporting the further extension of the TPB in various ways. Empirical and theore...
Publication Info
- Year
- 2003
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-75
- Citations
- 141
- Access
- Closed
External Links
Social Impact
Altmetric
PlumX Metrics
Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions
Citation Metrics
141
OpenAlex
Cite This
Anja Eller,
Dominic Abrams
(2003).
‘Gringos’ in Mexico: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Effects of Language School-Promoted Contact on Intergroup Bias.
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
, 6
(1)
, 55-75.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430203006001012
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1177/1368430203006001012