Can cross-group contact predict advantaged group member’s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based actions? Yes, if the contact is politicized

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Can cross-group contact predict advantaged group member’s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based actions? Yes, if the contact is politicized. / Becker, Julia C.; Wright, Stephen C.; Siem, Birte.
in: Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, Jahrgang 29, Nr. 1 Special Issue, 03.2022, S. 123-139.

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title = "Can cross-group contact predict advantaged group member{\textquoteright}s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based actions? Yes, if the contact is politicized",
abstract = "Positive cross-group contact with disadvantaged group members can reduce prejudice, and, under certain conditions, increase solidarity-based action intentions among advantaged group members. In the present work, we distinguish between positive contact (friendly, cooperative) versus politicized contact (where group-based injustice is discussed) as well as between benevolent helping offered to the disadvantaged group versus costly solidarity-based actions. We predict that positive contact is related to benevolent helping, whereas politicized contact is related to willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based activism. In two studies (N = 257, N = 329), results support these hypotheses: for nonmigrants in Germany and the United Kingdom, positive contact with migrants, mediated by empathy, positive emotions, and movement identification, was a better predictor of benevolent helping, whereas politicized contact with migrants, mediated by anger and/or movement identification was a better predictor of endorsement of costly solidarity-based activism.",
keywords = "Psychology, positive contact, cross-group contact, costly solidarity-based action, politicized contact",
author = "Becker, {Julia C.} and Wright, {Stephen C.} and Birte Siem",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
doi = "10.4473/TPM29.1.9",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "123--139",
journal = "Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology",
issn = "1972-6325",
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T1 - Can cross-group contact predict advantaged group member’s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based actions? Yes, if the contact is politicized

AU - Becker, Julia C.

AU - Wright, Stephen C.

AU - Siem, Birte

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N2 - Positive cross-group contact with disadvantaged group members can reduce prejudice, and, under certain conditions, increase solidarity-based action intentions among advantaged group members. In the present work, we distinguish between positive contact (friendly, cooperative) versus politicized contact (where group-based injustice is discussed) as well as between benevolent helping offered to the disadvantaged group versus costly solidarity-based actions. We predict that positive contact is related to benevolent helping, whereas politicized contact is related to willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based activism. In two studies (N = 257, N = 329), results support these hypotheses: for nonmigrants in Germany and the United Kingdom, positive contact with migrants, mediated by empathy, positive emotions, and movement identification, was a better predictor of benevolent helping, whereas politicized contact with migrants, mediated by anger and/or movement identification was a better predictor of endorsement of costly solidarity-based activism.

AB - Positive cross-group contact with disadvantaged group members can reduce prejudice, and, under certain conditions, increase solidarity-based action intentions among advantaged group members. In the present work, we distinguish between positive contact (friendly, cooperative) versus politicized contact (where group-based injustice is discussed) as well as between benevolent helping offered to the disadvantaged group versus costly solidarity-based actions. We predict that positive contact is related to benevolent helping, whereas politicized contact is related to willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based activism. In two studies (N = 257, N = 329), results support these hypotheses: for nonmigrants in Germany and the United Kingdom, positive contact with migrants, mediated by empathy, positive emotions, and movement identification, was a better predictor of benevolent helping, whereas politicized contact with migrants, mediated by anger and/or movement identification was a better predictor of endorsement of costly solidarity-based activism.

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KW - cross-group contact

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