@misc{10481/112741,
year = {2026},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112741},
abstract = {Intergroup contact can reduce bias against disadvantagedgroups, yet it may differentially shape ambivalent attitudes.This project examines how contact with people experienc-ing poverty relates to ambivalent classism and its policyconsequences. We hypothesized that positive and frequentcontact would have mixed effects, reducing the hostile di-mension of classism while reinforcing benevolent forms(protective paternalism and complementary class differen-tiation). We conducted a multi-country correlational study(N = 4209) examining associations between intergroupcontact and hostile and benevolent dimensions of ambiva-lent classism, incorporating support for social policies inseparate models for women and men experiencing poverty.We then carried out two experimental studies. In Study 2(N = 784), we used a recall paradigm to manipulate contactquality. In Study 3 (N = 931), a conceptual replication, weemployed a fictitious society paradigm to manipulate bothcontact quality and quantity with women and men expe-riencing poverty. Across studies, positive contact consist-ently reduced hostile classism but increased complementaryclass differentiation. Effects on protective paternalism andsupport for dependency-oriented policies were less consist-ent. Overall, the findings suggest that while contact mayattenuate overt hostility, it can simultaneously reinforcebenevolent representations of poverty, with implicationsfor support of restrictive policy measures.},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and
FEDER (PID2022-136736NA-I00 and
PID2021-126085OB-I00)},
organization = {Centre for Social
Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES -
ANID/FONDAP/1523A0005)},
publisher = {Wiley},
keywords = {Ambivalent classism},
keywords = {Gender},
keywords = {Intergroup contact},
title = {Intergroup contact with people experiencing poverty reduces hostile but not benevolent classism},
doi = {10.1111/pops.70135},
author = {Sainz, Mario and Jiménez Moya, Gloria and Lobato, Roberto M. and Laffert, Andreas and Vázquez, Alexandra and González, Roberto},
}