Improving children's attitudes toward refugees: An evaluation of a school-based multicultural curriculum and an anti-racist intervention

Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Volume 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1295-1328

Improving children's attitudes toward refugees: An evaluation of a school-based multicultural curriculum and an anti-racist intervention (Article)

Turner R.N. , Brown R.

^a Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
^b University of Sussex, Sussex, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology, Pevensey Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9QH, United Kingdom

Abstract

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. © 2008 Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00349.x

ISSN: 00219029

Cited by: 32

Original Language: English