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Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups
Stereotyping is a pervasive societal problem that impacts not only minority groups but subserves individuals who perpetuate stereotypes, leading to greater distance between groups. Social contact interventions have been shown to reduce prejudice and stereotyping, but optimal contact conditions betwe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216585 |
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author | Atherton, Gray Sebanz, Natalie Cross, Liam |
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description | Stereotyping is a pervasive societal problem that impacts not only minority groups but subserves individuals who perpetuate stereotypes, leading to greater distance between groups. Social contact interventions have been shown to reduce prejudice and stereotyping, but optimal contact conditions between groups are often out of reach in day to day life. Therefore, we investigated the effects of a synchronous walking intervention, a non-verbal embodied approach to intergroup contact that may reduce the need for optimal contact conditions. We studied attitude change towards the Roma group in Hungary following actual and imagined walking, both in a coordinated and uncoordinated manner. Results showed that coordinated walking, both imagined and in vivo, led to explicit and implicit reductions in prejudice and stereotyping towards both the Roma individual and the wider Roma social group. This suggests that coordinated movement could be a valuable addition to current approaches towards prejudice reduction. |
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spelling | pubmed-65166562019-05-31 Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups Atherton, Gray Sebanz, Natalie Cross, Liam PLoS One Research Article Stereotyping is a pervasive societal problem that impacts not only minority groups but subserves individuals who perpetuate stereotypes, leading to greater distance between groups. Social contact interventions have been shown to reduce prejudice and stereotyping, but optimal contact conditions between groups are often out of reach in day to day life. Therefore, we investigated the effects of a synchronous walking intervention, a non-verbal embodied approach to intergroup contact that may reduce the need for optimal contact conditions. We studied attitude change towards the Roma group in Hungary following actual and imagined walking, both in a coordinated and uncoordinated manner. Results showed that coordinated walking, both imagined and in vivo, led to explicit and implicit reductions in prejudice and stereotyping towards both the Roma individual and the wider Roma social group. This suggests that coordinated movement could be a valuable addition to current approaches towards prejudice reduction. Public Library of Science 2019-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6516656/ /pubmed/31086399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216585 Text en © 2019 Atherton et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Atherton, Gray Sebanz, Natalie Cross, Liam Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
title | Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
title_full | Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
title_fullStr | Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
title_full_unstemmed | Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
title_short | Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
title_sort | imagine all the synchrony: the effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31086399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216585 |
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