TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-group friendship, extended contact, and humanity attributions to homosexuals
AU - Capozza, Dora
AU - Falvo, Rossella
AU - Trifiletti, Elena
AU - Pagani, Ariela Francesca
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The aim of the present paper was to test whether cross-group friendships and extended contact (knowing that ingroup members have a friendly relationship with outgroup members) are related to reduced outgroup infrahumanization. The relationship between heterosexuals and homosexuals was considered. Participants were university students; all were heterosexual. A questionnaire was used and structural equation models were evaluated. Findings showed that only extended contact was related to reduced infrahumanization and increased outgroup humanization; the key-mediator in these relationships was the mechanism of including the outgroup in the self. Practical implications of findings are discussed.
AB - The aim of the present paper was to test whether cross-group friendships and extended contact (knowing that ingroup members have a friendly relationship with outgroup members) are related to reduced outgroup infrahumanization. The relationship between heterosexuals and homosexuals was considered. Participants were university students; all were heterosexual. A questionnaire was used and structural equation models were evaluated. Findings showed that only extended contact was related to reduced infrahumanization and increased outgroup humanization; the key-mediator in these relationships was the mechanism of including the outgroup in the self. Practical implications of findings are discussed.
KW - cross-group friendships
KW - extended contact
KW - homosexuals’ infrahumanization
KW - inclusion of the outgroup in the self
KW - cross-group friendships
KW - extended contact
KW - homosexuals’ infrahumanization
KW - inclusion of the outgroup in the self
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/67404
U2 - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.698
DO - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.698
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-0428
SP - 276
EP - 282
JO - PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
JF - PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
ER -