中文摘要：

心理想象可以引发与真实经历一样的情感和动机反应，仅仅想象某一情境就会产生与亲身经历一样的效果，这为群际接触研究提供了新的理论视角。想象接触作为群际接触的一种形式，有效弥补了直接接触的不足。群际焦虑、自我表露、外群体信任和想象情景的生动性中介了想象接触减少偏见的效应，而群体规模、群体认同、接触经历和知觉流畅性则调节了这种效应。未来研究需要具体化想象接触的过程、关注少数群体的想象接触、细化想象接触的时效性、整合群际接触理论。

英文摘要：

Recent studies indicate that simply imagining oneself interacting with an out-group member would reduce intergroup bias and improve intergroup relations. Why does the imagined contact produce positive intergroup outcomes？ Mental imagery has been found to elicit emotional and motivational responses as the real experiences （Dadds, Bovbjerg, Redd, ＆ Cutmore, 1997）. Moreover, as an important form, the imagined contact can complement more direct forms of contact, although it is not a replacement for direct contact. The effect of imagining contact on bias reduction is mediated by intergroup anxiety, self-disclosure, out-group trust, and the vividness of the imagined scenario, and moderated by group size, group identification, prior contact, and perceptual fluency. We will further discuss the implications of these findings, and provide suggestions for future research （e.g., specifying the processes of imagining contact, focusing on imagining contact of minorities, refining the duration of imagining contact, and integrating it with the intergroup contact theory）.