- Title
- Building trust in a postconflict society: an integrative model of cross-group friendship and intergroup emotions
- Creator
- Kenworthy, Jared Bowden; Voci, Alberto; Al Ramiah, Ananthi; Tausch, Nicole; Hughes, Joanne; Hewstone, Miles
- Relation
- Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 60, Issue 6, p. 1041-1070
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002714564427
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Across one longitudinal and two cross-sectional surveys in Northern Ireland, we tested a model of intergroup relations in which out-group attitudes and behavioral tendencies are predicted by cross-group friendship and positive intergroup appraisals, mediated by intergroup emotions and out-group trust. In study 1, out-group friendship at time 1 predicted out-group trust at time 2 (one year later), controlling for prior out-group trust. In study 2, positive and negative intergroup emotions mediated the effects of friendship on positive and negative behavioral tendencies and attitudes. In study 3, a confirmatory factor analysis indicated that trust and emotions are distinct constructs with unique predictive contributions. We then tested a model in which cross-group friendship predicted intergroup emotions and trust through intimate self-disclosure in out-group friendships. Our findings support an integration of an intergroup emotions framework with research highlighting the importance of cross-group friendship in fostering positive intergroup outcomes.
- Subject
- contact; friendship; intergroup emotions; intergroup conflict; trust; Northern Ireland
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1354580
- Identifier
- uon:31301
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-0027
- Language
- eng
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