Contact reduces prejudice chiefly through affective processes even amid active conflict

Evidence

The consistent pattern of the data described herein provides strong support for continuing and expanding research into intergroup contact processes, even where there is intergroup conflict and a high degree of segregation between the different communities (see Tausch, Kenworthy, & Hewstone, in press). As discussed, there is evidence that, primarily through affective processes, contact can reduce prejudice and hostility between groups. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1843

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to existing vault contact-theory claims — affective mediation of contact effects is the load-bearing mechanism. — connects to: Negative outgroup contact raises anxiety, which breeds hostility and contact avoidance. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 47