Intergroup contact in border regions of five Central European countries

0366567 - PSÚ 2012 RIV SE eng A - Abstract
Kouřilová, Sylvie - Hřebíčková, Martina
Intergroup contact in border regions of five Central European countries.
16th EASP General Meeting: Book of Abstracts. Stockholm: European Association of Social Psychology, 2011. s. 113-113.
[EASP General Meeting /16./. 12.07.2011-15.07.2011, Stockholm]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP407/10/2394
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70250504
Keywords : intergroup contact * border regions * intergroup attitudes
Subject RIV: AN - Psychology

The research focuses on the interplay between conditions of intergroup contact and intergroup attitudes in areas with high probability of outgroup members encounters. The first goal of the study was to describe the nature of intergroup contact in real-life settings as perceived by its actual participants. Second, we wanted to determine the interplay between different aspects of contact and evaluative component of intergroup attitudes. Content analysis of the open statements revealed 10 descriptive and 6 evaluative categories generally characterizing the nature of intergroup contact. We found that salient characteristics of intergroup encounters differ not only across border regions but also within one region on the two sides of the border. Furthermore, results across the four border regions indicated that the attitudes towards the outgroup are predicted by different contact conditions.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0201514