Extended contact boosts outgroup helping a year later, especially among the isolated.

Evidence

Christ et al found that extended contact at baseline increased participants’ inclination to help outgroup members 1 year later, and this effect of extended contact was amplified for participants who had little experience of direct contact with outgroup members. — Miles Hewstone and Joanne Hughes, Reconciliation in Northern Ireland, 17

Categorization

• QUESTION: If extended contact works best for those isolated from direct contact, does its reach bottom out precisely where glorification is entrenched — segregating the mechanism from the groups that need reversal most?
• XREF: Bears directly on the reader’s question of whether intergroup contact can reverse glorification; suggests positive contact may preferentially reach the already-willing. — connects to: Intergroup relations programs show lasting effects that grow over time.

Related

• Knowing that ingroup friends interact with outgroup members reduces prejudice without any direct contact. (similarity 0.82)
• Mere knowledge that ingroup peers befriend outgroup members improves intergroup attitudes (similarity 0.80)
• Contact effects persist beyond the immediate contact situation. (similarity 0.80)
• Cross-group friendships reduce prejudice partly by lowering intergroup anxiety. (similarity 0.80)
• Face-to-face contact with out-group individuals can improve attitudes toward the whole group. (similarity 0.80)
• Intergroup contact most strongly and reliably predicts willingness to mix with the outgroup (similarity 0.79)
• Mere knowledge of a fellow in-group member’s contact with out-groups reduces prejudice. (similarity 0.78)
• Contact with one out-group improves attitudes toward unrelated out-groups (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Intergroup relations programs show lasting effects that grow over time. #corroborates (0.80)