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Participants and Procedure Sixty-two Turkish Cypriots (31 women) aged 21 to 71 (M = 35.64, SD = 12.65) took part in what they believed were two separate studies. In the first study, described as a reading comprehension task, participants were randomly assigned to read an article that portrayed aggressive groups as having a fixed nature or a malleable nature. Later, in a second and ostensibly unrelated study on the ongoing conflict, levels of intergroup anxiety and motivation to engage in intergroup contact with Greek Cypriots were assessed. Participants were randomly assigned to read one of two Psychology Today–style scientific articles. The articles were in the participants’ own language and described groups that were involved in violent actions, conflicts, and had strong separatist tendencies. [...] All participants then completed a set of questionnaires in which we embedded measures assessing beliefs about groups, intergroup anxiety, and the willingness to interact with outgroup members.

Measures Beliefs about groups were measured with four items [...] Intergroup anxiety was assessed with five items [...] Participants were asked to rate how much they thought they would feel each of the following if they were to meet a Greek Cypriot in the future [...] Participants were asked to rate the extent to which (rated 1, not at all to 6, to a very large extent) they would prefer to have Turkish Cypriot as a conversation partner and Greek Cypriot as a conversation partner [...]