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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*
Affiliation:
Murdoch University, Australia. [email protected]
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.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011