The longitudinal relationship between youth intergroup contact and social cohesion outcomes in two divided societies

McKeown, Shelley, Schaefer, Christoph Daniel, Ali, Shazza, Dupont, Pier-Luc, Manley, David, Rao, Sumedh, Taylor, Laura K. and Meleady, Rose ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-4960 (2024) The longitudinal relationship between youth intergroup contact and social cohesion outcomes in two divided societies. European Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0046-2772

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Abstract

Intergroup contact has long been established as a prejudice-reduction tool in divided societies, with contact being particularly effective during adolescence. A large proportion of evidence, however, draws on cross-sectional surveys or analytical approaches that do not distinguish between- and within-person effects. In the present research, we address this by exploring the potential of intergroup contact longitudinally on social cohesion–related outcomes amongst youth (aged 14–19) in Belfast (Study 1, N = 231) and Bradford (Study 2, N = 159). Measures included intergroup contact, outgroup attitudes, intergroup anxiety, outgroup empathy and outgroup prosocial behaviour across three time points. Using random-intercept cross-lagged panel models, results demonstrate between-person associations of contact with our outcomes, but limited within-person changes. Our findings demonstrate the potential and limitations of intergroup contact for social cohesion–related outcomes for youth growing up in divided societies, pointing to the need for developmental-focused future research.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data Availability Statement: The data that support the findings of the study will be made available on the UK Data Archive following the completion of the research project. Funding information: This work was supported by funding obtained from the Economic and Social Research Council [ES/T014709/1].
Uncontrolled Keywords:	intergroup contact,youth,prejudice,prosocial behaviour,social cohesion,prosocial behaviour,intergroup contact,prejudice,social cohesion,youth,social psychology,3* ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Social Cognition Research Group
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2024 10:30
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2024 06:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96774
DOI:	10.1002/ejsp.3121

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