Perception of intergroup contact in border regions: A Czech-Austrian case study

0366216 - PSÚ 2012 RIV PT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Kouřilová, Sylvie
Perception of intergroup contact in border regions: A Czech-Austrian case study.
Research directions in social and organizational psychology IV. Lisabon: Edições Colibri, 2011 - (Roberto, M.; Batista, M.; Santos, M.; Morais, R.; Costa, R.; Lima, M.), s. 33-49. ISBN 978-989-689-079-7.
[PhD Meeting in Social and Organizational Psychology /5./. Lisabon (PT), 28.05.2011-29.05.2011]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP407/10/2394
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70250504
Keywords : intergroup contact * outgroup attitudes * border regions
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology

The aim of the presented research was to examine the nature of intergroup contact in the border region of the Czech Republic and Austria as perceived by its actual participants. Especially, factors facilitating and complicating potential positive effects of contact were of interest. Czech and Austrian high-school students living in the border area noted down in the form of an open statement their experiences with neighboring nation members. Content analysis of open statements revealed eight recurring factors characterizing intergroup contacts. Experiences with outgroup members were often reported jointly with an evaluation (positive or negative) of the neighboring nation as a whole. Subsequent analysis of the connection between the perceived factors of intergroup contact and the evaluations of the neighboring nation provided insight into the interplay between contact and attitudes towards the outgroup.
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