The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.

We aim to provide one explanation for why the link between contact and prejudice is consistently less strong for minority group members than it is for majority group members. Specifically, we propose a "wallpaper effect" such that contact works to increase minority group members' posi...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Fiona Kate Barlow, Matthew J Hornsey, Michael Thai, Nikhil K Sengupta, Chris G Sibley
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f768e543716d47c89b345e59ae03b9a3
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:f768e543716d47c89b345e59ae03b9a3
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f768e543716d47c89b345e59ae03b9a32021-11-18T08:42:26ZThe wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0082228https://doaj.org/article/f768e543716d47c89b345e59ae03b9a32013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24349227/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203We aim to provide one explanation for why the link between contact and prejudice is consistently less strong for minority group members than it is for majority group members. Specifically, we propose a "wallpaper effect" such that contact works to increase minority group members' positivity towards majority groups when they live in areas densely populated with other minority group members. Conversely, we suggest that when minority group members live in neighborhoods patterned with majority group faces (as is so often the case), contact will be less transformative. We test this assumption using a large sample of both New Zealander minority (Māori; N = 925) and majority (European; N = 3805) group members. In line with predictions, Māori who lived in minority dense neighborhoods showed the traditional association between contact and increased warmth towards New Zealander Europeans. This relationship, however, was weak or non-existent when they lived in primarily European neighborhoods. Contact effects in majority group members were unaffected by neighborhood composition. The interaction held when controlling for, and was not explained by: gender, income, experiences of harm, cognitions of race-based rejection, or realistic threat. We provide the first evidence to suggest that when it comes to minority group members' intergroup attitudes, contact with majority group members may be a relatively ineffective predictor unless the "wallpaper" of their lives is minority-dense.Fiona Kate BarlowMatthew J HornseyMichael ThaiNikhil K SenguptaChris G SibleyPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 12, p e82228 (2013)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Fiona Kate Barlow Matthew J Hornsey Michael Thai Nikhil K Sengupta Chris G Sibley The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
description	We aim to provide one explanation for why the link between contact and prejudice is consistently less strong for minority group members than it is for majority group members. Specifically, we propose a "wallpaper effect" such that contact works to increase minority group members' positivity towards majority groups when they live in areas densely populated with other minority group members. Conversely, we suggest that when minority group members live in neighborhoods patterned with majority group faces (as is so often the case), contact will be less transformative. We test this assumption using a large sample of both New Zealander minority (Māori; N = 925) and majority (European; N = 3805) group members. In line with predictions, Māori who lived in minority dense neighborhoods showed the traditional association between contact and increased warmth towards New Zealander Europeans. This relationship, however, was weak or non-existent when they lived in primarily European neighborhoods. Contact effects in majority group members were unaffected by neighborhood composition. The interaction held when controlling for, and was not explained by: gender, income, experiences of harm, cognitions of race-based rejection, or realistic threat. We provide the first evidence to suggest that when it comes to minority group members' intergroup attitudes, contact with majority group members may be a relatively ineffective predictor unless the "wallpaper" of their lives is minority-dense.
format	article
author	Fiona Kate Barlow Matthew J Hornsey Michael Thai Nikhil K Sengupta Chris G Sibley
author_facet	Fiona Kate Barlow Matthew J Hornsey Michael Thai Nikhil K Sengupta Chris G Sibley
author_sort	Fiona Kate Barlow
title	The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
title_short	The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
title_full	The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
title_fullStr	The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
title_full_unstemmed	The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
title_sort	wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/f768e543716d47c89b345e59ae03b9a3
work_keys_str_mv	AT fionakatebarlow thewallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT matthewjhornsey thewallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT michaelthai thewallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT nikhilksengupta thewallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT chrisgsibley thewallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT fionakatebarlow wallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT matthewjhornsey wallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT michaelthai wallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT nikhilksengupta wallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers AT chrisgsibley wallpapereffectthecontacthypothesisfailsforminoritygroupmemberswholiveinareaswithahighproportionofmajoritygroupmembers
_version_	1718421479256752128

The wallpaper effect: the contact hypothesis fails for minority group members who live in areas with a high proportion of majority group members.

Ejemplares similares