@misc{10481/67292,
year = {2020},
month = {1},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/67292},
abstract = {Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater 
contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, 
however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine support for social change toward 
greater equality, especially among disadvantaged group members. Using a large and 
heterogeneous dataset (N=12,997 individuals from 69 countries), we demonstrate that 
intergroup contact and support for social change toward greater equality are positively 
associated among members of advantaged groups (ethnic majorities and cis-heterosexuals), 
but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups (ethnic minorities and sexual and 
gender minorities). Specification curve analysis revealed important variation in the size—and 
at times, direction—of correlations, depending on how contact and support for social change 
were measured. This allowed us to identify one type of support for change, willingness to 
work in solidarity, that is positively associated with intergroup contact among both 
advantaged and disadvantaged group members.},
organization = {Swiss Bilateral Program of the State 
Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)},
organization = {Fondecyt (1161371)},
organization = {Center for Social Conflict and 
Cohesion Studies (FONDAP 15130009)},
organization = {Center for Intercultural and Indigenous 
Research (FONDAP 15110006)},
organization = {FWO Odysseus grant (G.O.E66.14N)},
organization = {ESRC commissioning 
(403006662)},
organization = {Serbian ministry of education, science and technological 
development (179018)},
organization = {Foundation for 
Polish Science (TEAM), co-financed by the EU ERDF (“Language as a Cure” Project)},
organization = {HSE 
University Basic Research Program and the Russian Academic Excellence Project '5-100'.},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
title = {A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact  and support for social change},
doi = {10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z},
author = {Tabea Hässler and Sainz Martínez, Mario},
}