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Improving children's attitudes towards refugees: An evaluation of a school-based multicultural curricula and anti-racist intervention.

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:40 authored by Rhiannon N Turner, Rupert Brown
We evaluated the impact of the Friendship Project, a program designed to improve elementary school children's attitudes toward refugees. Participants either received 4 weekly lessons based on the program, or they received no lessons. All participants completed attitude measures before and after implementation of the program. Half completed the post-test 1 week after completion of the program, while the other half completed the post-test 7 weeks after its completion. The program led to more positive attitudes toward refugees in the short term, but not in the long term. Moreover, although it did not increase empathy, the program increased the proportion of participants who preferred an acculturation strategy of integration and reduced the number of participants who had conflictual acculturative fit.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

ISSN

0021-9029

Issue

5

Volume

38

Page range

1295¿1328

Pages

34.0

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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