Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups
Imagine All The Synchrony: The effects of actual and imagined synchronous walking on attitudes towards marginalised groups
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0216585
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发表时间：
2019-05-14
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Cross, Liam
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作者：
Atherton, Gray;Sebanz, Natalie;Cross, Liam
陈规定型观念是一个普遍存在的社会问题，不仅影响少数群体，而且影响那些使陈规定型观念长期存在的人，导致群体之间的距离更大。社会接触干预已被证明可以减少偏见和陈规定型观念，但群体之间的最佳接触条件在日常生活中往往遥不可及。因此，我们研究了同步步行干预的效果，这是一种非语言的体现方法，可以减少对最佳接触条件的需求。我们研究了匈牙利罗姆人群体在实际和想象中的步行后，以协调和不协调的方式发生的态度变化。结果表明，协调行走，无论是想象中的还是在体内的，都导致对罗姆人个人和更广泛的罗姆人社会群体的偏见和陈规定型观念的显性和隐性减少。这表明，协调一致的运动可能是对目前减少偏见的方法的一个宝贵补充。
Stereotyping is a pervasive societal problem that impacts not only minority groups but sub serves 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.