Lack of prior intergroup contact produces measurable anxiety about future contact

Evidence

I have little experience interacting with Muslims and that makes me feel nervous. — Patricia Hopkins, Developing an Intergroup Anxiety toward…, 1279

Categorization

• XREF: 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