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Bystander antiprejudice: cross-cultural education, links with positivity towards cultural 'outgroups' and preparedness to speak out

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posted on 2011-08-01, 00:00 authored by A Pedersen, Yin ParadiesYin Paradies, L K Hartley, K M Dunn
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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Journal

Journal of Pacific Rim psychology

Volume

5

Issue

1

Pagination

19 - 30

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Location

Cambridge, Eng.

ISSN

1834-4909

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eng

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C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2011, Cambridge University Press

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