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The habitual, spatial and temporal conditions of everyday youth intergroup contact in an ethnically diverse city

Sumedh Rao, Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo, David Manley, Laura K. Taylor, Shelley McKeown Orcid Logo

British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Start page: e70075

Swansea University Author: Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo

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There is substantial evidence that positive intergroup contact can reduce prejudice. Most everyday interactions, however, are not deliberately structured to be positive, and individuals do not always engage in intergroup contact even when there is opportunity. The present research adopts a qualitati...

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