More than music! A longitudinal test of the contact hypothesis in German-Polish music encounters
This research examines music encounters as a hitherto unexplored type of intergroup contact intervention. We tested the short- and mid-term effects of German–Polish music encounters that eithertook place in Germany or in Poland, respectively, on German’s attitudes towards Poles. Ninety-nine German participants completed a questionnaire one week before the encounter (t0), directly thereafter (t1), and four weeks later (t2). The control group (N=67) did not take part in any music encounter and completed the measures twice (t0 and t2). Results revealed that attitudes toward the Polish out-group improved sustainably, butonly when the encounter took place in Poland.In contrast, for encounters realized in Germany, no attitude change occurred. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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Kuchenbrandt, D., Van Dick, R., Koschate, M., & Bornewasser, M. (in press). More than music! A longitudinal test of the contact hypothesis in German-Polish music encounters. International Journal of Intercultural Relations
