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Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups
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Title / Series / Name
PLOS ONE
Publication Volume
14
Publication Issue
5
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Culture
Elections
Language
Psychological attitudes
Romani people
Social discrimination
Vision
Walking
Elections
Language
Psychological attitudes
Romani people
Social discrimination
Vision
Walking
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/14170
Abstract
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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Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2019
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Identifiers
10.1371/journal.pone.0216585