An experimental study of the effect of intergroup contact on attitudes in urban China

Jun Gu, Ingrid Nielsen, Jason Shachat, Russell Smyth and Yujia Peng
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Jun Gu: Monash University, Australia
Yujia Peng: Xiamen University, China

Urban Studies, 2016, vol. 53, issue 14, 2991-3006

Abstract: A large body of literature attests to the growing social divide between urban residents and rural–urban migrants in China’s cities. This study uses a randomised experiment to test the effect of intergroup contact on attitudes between a group of urban adolescents and a group of rural–urban migrant adolescents. Results showed that intergroup contact in the form of a fun and cooperative puzzle task significantly reduced negative attitudes toward the other group. Implications for desegregated schooling and their broader societal implications in China are discussed.

Keywords: attitudes; China; contact hypothesis; experimental methods; intergroup contact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098015598730

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