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Bystander Antiprejudice: Cross-Cultural Education, Links With Positivity Towards Cultural ‘Outgroups’ and Preparedness to Speak Out

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Anne Pedersen ,
Yin Paradies ,
Lisa Kathryn Hartley  and
Kevin M. Dunn
Anne Pedersen*
Affiliation:
Murdoch University, Australia. A.Pedersen@murdoch.edu.au
Yin Paradies
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne, Australia.
Lisa Kathryn Hartley
Affiliation:
Murdoch University, Australia.
Kevin M. Dunn
Affiliation:
University of Western Sydney, Australia.
*
*Address for correspondence: Anne Pedersen, Psychology Department, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150, Australia.

Abstract

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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.

Keywords

prejudiceracismasylum seekerIndigenousMuslim
Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , 01 August 2011 , pp. 19 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011