Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out
This article describes a 12-week intervention targeting positivity towards asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians and Muslim Australians. The study also assessed change in the intention to engage in bystander activism in four different scenarios: two Indigenous (old-fashioned and modern prejudice),...
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| author | Pedersen, Anne Paradies, Yin Hartley, Lisa Dunn, Kevin |
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| description | This article describes a 12-week intervention targeting positivity towards asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians and Muslim Australians. The study also assessed change in the intention to engage in bystander activism in four different scenarios: two Indigenous (old-fashioned and modern prejudice), one Muslim and one asylum seeker. There was a significant increase in positivity towards asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians and Muslim Australians. There was also a significant increase in ‘speaking out intention’, a form of bystander anti-prejudice, in three of the scenarios, but not in response to the Indigenous old-fashioned prejudice scenario. The study indicates that structured education on cross-cultural issues can improve attitudes to perceived ‘outgroups’ and, for the most part, increase participants' intention to speak out against prejudice. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-117512018-01-22T06:41:04Z Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out Pedersen, Anne Paradies, Yin Hartley, Lisa Dunn, Kevin Education Cross Cultural Antiprejudice This article describes a 12-week intervention targeting positivity towards asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians and Muslim Australians. The study also assessed change in the intention to engage in bystander activism in four different scenarios: two Indigenous (old-fashioned and modern prejudice), one Muslim and one asylum seeker. There was a significant increase in positivity towards asylum seekers, Indigenous Australians and Muslim Australians. There was also a significant increase in ‘speaking out intention’, a form of bystander anti-prejudice, in three of the scenarios, but not in response to the Indigenous old-fashioned prejudice scenario. The study indicates that structured education on cross-cultural issues can improve attitudes to perceived ‘outgroups’ and, for the most part, increase participants' intention to speak out against prejudice. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11751 10.1375/prp.5.1.19 Cambridge University Press fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Education Cross Cultural Antiprejudice Pedersen, Anne Paradies, Yin Hartley, Lisa Dunn, Kevin Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out |
| title | Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out |
| title_full | Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out |
| title_fullStr | Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out |
| title_short | Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural 'Outgroups' and Preparedness to Speak Out |
| title_sort | bystander antiprejudice: cross-cultural education, links with positivity towards cultural 'outgroups' and preparedness to speak out |
| topic | Education Cross Cultural Antiprejudice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11751 |