Kende et al., 2018: Talking about personal matters with Roma students increased positive attitudes towards them among Hungarian students over 2 or 6 weeks over
Reference:
Kende, A. K., Lantos, N. A., & Krekó, P. (2018). Endorsing a civic (vs an ethnic) definition of citizenship predicts higher pro-minority and lower pro-majority collective action intentions. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1402.
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Hungarian undergraduate students had a 60-minute one-on-one conversation with a Roma student in which each person took turns asking and answering questions that required increasing levels of self-disclosure (e.g., “What is your biggest fear in life?”). As compared to a baseline assessment (2 or 6 weeks earlier), this treatment led students to express more positive attitudes toward Roma students and greater intentions to interact with Roma students socially in the future 5 weeks later. No such change was observed for students in a control condition. There was no effect on beliefs about Roma students. The effect on more attitudes was greater the more students perceived anti-prejudice norms.
Psychological Process:
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Psychological Question Addressed
What connections do I have/could I have with other groups?What connections do I have/could I have with other groups?Psychological Question Addressed
What connections do I have/could I have with other groups?Psychological Process 2:
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Social Area:
Intergroup relationships
Intervention Technique:
Prompting by altering situations