@article{ref1,
title="Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and Experience of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland",
journal="Journal of Social Issues",
year="2006",
author="Hewstone, Miles and Cairns, Ed and Voci, Alberto and Hamberger, Juergen and Niens, Ulrike",
volume="62",
number="1",
pages="99-120",
abstract="Two studies used random sample surveys to test the &quot;contact hypothesis&quot; on intergroup attitudes of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. In Study 1, archival data from two different surveys in 1989 (N = 310 Catholics, 422 Protestants) and 1991 (N = 319 Catholics, 478 Protestants) showed that contact was positively related to attitudes toward denominational mixing. Study 2 (N = 391 Catholics, 647 Protestants) explored predictors of intergroup forgiveness, and also showed that intergroup contact was positively related to outgroup attitudes, perspective-taking, and trust (even among those who had a worse experience of sectarian conflict). These studies indicate that research in peace psychology can provide a deeper understanding of the conflict in Northern Ireland and, in due course, contribute to its resolution.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-4537",
doi="10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00441.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00441.x"
}