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The Longitudinal Effects of Intergroup Contact on Youth Attitudes Towards Ethnic Minorities and Constructive Societal Engagement

Christoph Daniel Schaefer, Shelley McKeown Orcid Logo, Shazza Ali, Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo, David Manley, Sumedh Rao, Laura K. Taylor Orcid Logo

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Start page: e70026

Swansea University Author: Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo

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Growing empirical evidence demonstrates that intergroup contact has the potential to reap effects that go beyond prejudice reduction. Much of this evidence, however, is based on findings from cross‐sectional surveys. Building on the relatively smaller body of longitudinal intergroup contact research...

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