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Sabahat C Bagci1, Gülseli Baysu2, Mustafa Tercan3
1Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin
|July 20, 2022
Summary
Prejudice toward refugees increases among Turkish adolescents despite more contact. Positive interactions can mitigate negative attitudes, but negative contact worsens them, highlighting the need for early intervention.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Prejudice towards refugees remains prevalent, particularly during mass immigration.
- Understanding intergroup dynamics in adolescents is crucial for addressing prejudice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine changes in Turkish early adolescents' contact with Syrian refugees and their approach-avoidance tendencies over 15 months.
- To investigate the association between positive and negative contact and outgroup negativity.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study with 687 Turkish early adolescents (mean age 11.11 years) over three waves.
- Univariate and combined latent growth curve models were used to analyze changes in contact and behavioral tendencies.
Main Results:
- Outgroup negativity increased, evidenced by rising negative contact and avoidance, and declining approach tendencies.
- Positive contact showed a slight, non-significant increase.
- Positive contact buffered against increasing outgroup negativity, while negative contact exacerbated it.
Conclusions:
- Early positive intergroup contact interventions are vital to counteract negative trends.
- Interventions should focus on fostering positive interactions to mitigate prejudice in adolescents facing refugee immigration.
Keywords:
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