The “Wallpaper Effect” Revisited: Divergent Findings on the Effects of Intergroup Contact on Attitudes in Diverse Versus Nondiverse Contexts
Katharina Schmid; Ralf Wölfer; Herman Swart; Oliver Christ; Ananthi Al Ramiah; Steven Vertovec; Miles Hewstone · 2017 · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Abstract
This article reexamines the so-called "wallpaper effect" of intergroup contact, which contends that for minority group members living in areas more densely populated by majority group members, intergroup contact fails to reduce prejudice. We tested this claim in five studies, using data from five countries, two types of contexts, a range of measures, and involving different minority versus majority groups. Using multilevel cross-level interaction models, we considered whether effects of contact on outgroup attitudes were moderated by relative outgroup size. Results failed to replicate the prev
Abstract by Katharina Schmid; Ralf Wölfer; Herman Swart; Oliver Christ; Ananthi Al Ramiah; Steven Vertovec; Miles Hewstone, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2017) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1177/0146167217711929