Investigating the role of E-contact and self-disclosure on improving Turkish-Kurdish interethnic relations
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2021-06
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Wiley
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While recent research has started to pay more attention to the role of contact strategies on promoting intergroup harmony between Turkish and Kurdish communities, the effectiveness of a novel form of indirect contact strategy, E-contact—where participants engage in a cooperative and structured online interaction with an individual from the outgroup—has not yet been tested. Across two studies (NStudy 1 = 110, NStudy 2 = 176), we investigated the effects of E-contact among Turks on promoting positive attitudes and behavioral tendencies toward Kurds, testing outgroup trust and intergroup anxiety as mediators and incorporating a distinction between lower and higher self-disclosure conditions. As expected, E-contact led to more positive outgroup attitudes, as well as greater approach tendencies and decreased avoidance tendencies through increased outgroup trust (Studies 1 and 2) and reduced intergroup anxiety (Study 2). Study 2 also found that E-contact produced lower perceived interethnic conflict through increased outgroup trust. While both lower and higher personal disclosure conditions provided similar effects in the two studies, E-contact with heightened self-disclosure was especially effective at promoting more positive outgroup attitudes and reducing avoidance tendencies. Findings highlight potential benefits of using E-contact as a prejudice-reduction strategy in conflict settings.
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Intergroup contact, Outgroup, Prejudices, Anxiety, Article, Avoidance behavior, Human, Kurd (people), Prejudice, Self disclosure, Trust, Turk (people)
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Journal of Applied Social Psychology
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Q3
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51
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6
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Bağcı Hemşinlioğlu, S. Ç., Güvensoy, İ., Turner, R. N., White, F. A. & Piyale, Z. E. (2021). Investigating the role of E-contact and self-disclosure on improving Turkish-Kurdish interethnic relations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(6), 577-593. doi:10.1111/jasp.12760
