School contact effects on prejudice always depend on child age and identity

Evidence

Intergroup contact in a school setting has become the most informative and challenging context for studying prejudice and its reduction that cries out for psychological analysis and theoretical explanation. Hewstone’s (2002; Kenworthy, Turner, Hewstone, & Voci, ch. 17 this volume) theory includes variables proposed as mediators in figure 19.1 that are known to reduce prejudice, though their mediatonal role is not always clear. However, age and identity must always be considered. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2021