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Promoting Respect for Difference on the College Campus

The Role of Interdependence

Gordana Rabrenovic

Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence, Boston, Massachusetts, g.rabrenovic{at}neu.edu

Jack Levin

Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence, Boston, Massachusetts

Nelly M. Oliver

Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence, Boston, Massachusetts

Thirty-nine undergraduate students participated in an experiment to determine the impact of cooperation and fear of terrorism on student support for Muslims on campus. As expected, participants whose fear of terrorism was low expressed significantly greater support for Muslim students than did their more fearful counterparts. Moreover, participants in both the high and the low cooperation condition were significantly more supportive of Muslims on campus than were those who had had no cooperative contact with Muslim students. A significant interaction effect indicates that cooperation had only a salutary impact on support for Muslims among participants who were fearful of another terrorist attack. These results are discussed with respect to their ability to maintain supportive relations between groups on campus during periods of instability.

Key Words: interdependence • cooperation • conflict • terrorism

American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 51, No. 2, 294-301 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0002764207306060
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