Past and Present Intergroup Contact and Conflict Among Inhabitants of Former Mixed Villages of Cyprus: The Role of Individual and Collective Experiences in Predicting Attitudes and Trust

Positive attitudes and trust towards former adversaries facilitate reconciliation peace building. Both historical current intergroup experiences such as contact conflict predict trust, but no previous research has investigated the joint effects of these experiences. Therefore, we study interplay positive preceding conflict, negative following conflict. Drawing on social representations theory using a multilevel design, highlight importance both individual collective We examine among large sample Greek Cypriots (N = 802) Turkish 718) from 54 formerly ethnically mixed villages in context protracted frozen Cyprus. Present-day related to more higher regardless participants’ past or contact. Furthermore, whereas predicted lower trust. Finally, present-day closes gap between respondents with low high Overall, matter.