Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review

A systematic review was conducted of studies evaluating the effects of interventions aimed at reducing ethnic prejudice and discrimination in young children. Articles published between 1980 and 2010 and including children of 8 years and under were identified, harvested, and assessed for quality, bo...

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Main Authors: Aboud, Frances E., Tredoux, Colin, Tropp, Linda R., Brown, Christia Spears, Niens, Ulrike, Noor, Noraini M.
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spelling iium-258852012-11-06T02:51:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25885/ Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review Aboud, Frances E. Tredoux, Colin Tropp, Linda R. Brown, Christia Spears Niens, Ulrike Noor, Noraini M. BF636 Applied psychology A systematic review was conducted of studies evaluating the effects of interventions aimed at reducing ethnic prejudice and discrimination in young children. Articles published between 1980 and 2010 and including children of 8 years and under were identified, harvested, and assessed for quality, both for the exposure/program as well as for the evaluation. In total, 32 studies (14 contact and 18 media or instruction) yielded 62 effects on attitudes and 59 effects on peer relations. An overall count of the positive (40%), non-significant (50%), and negative effects (10%) indicate a mixed picture. Overall, more attitude effects (55%) than peer relations effects (25%) were positive, and media/instruction (47%) was more successful than contact (36%). Most of the effects were observed with children from a majority ethnicity: 67% of the attitude effects were positive, and media/instruction and contact were equally effective at delivering these. Few differences were found as a function of the quality of the exposure and evaluation, but differences were found depending on the context of exposure (naturally occurring or experimental manipulation) and research design (random assignment or self-selection). In conclusion, the findings were more mixed than expected, though sufficiently strong studies exist to provide lessons for future research. Elsevier 2012-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25885/1/Interventions_to_reduce_prejudice_and_enhance_inclusion_and_respect.pdf Aboud, Frances E. and Tredoux, Colin and Tropp, Linda R. and Brown, Christia Spears and Niens, Ulrike and Noor, Noraini M. (2012) Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review. Developmental Review, 32. pp. 307-336. ISSN 1728-4457 (O), 0273-2297 (P) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273229712000214 10.1016/j.dr.2012.05.001
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Aboud, Frances E.
Tredoux, Colin
Tropp, Linda R.
Brown, Christia Spears
Niens, Ulrike
Noor, Noraini M.
Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
description A systematic review was conducted of studies evaluating the effects of interventions aimed at reducing ethnic prejudice and discrimination in young children. Articles published between 1980 and 2010 and including children of 8 years and under were identified, harvested, and assessed for quality, both for the exposure/program as well as for the evaluation. In total, 32 studies (14 contact and 18 media or instruction) yielded 62 effects on attitudes and 59 effects on peer relations. An overall count of the positive (40%), non-significant (50%), and negative effects (10%) indicate a mixed picture. Overall, more attitude effects (55%) than peer relations effects (25%) were positive, and media/instruction (47%) was more successful than contact (36%). Most of the effects were observed with children from a majority ethnicity: 67% of the attitude effects were positive, and media/instruction and contact were equally effective at delivering these. Few differences were found as a function of the quality of the exposure and evaluation, but differences were found depending on the context of exposure (naturally occurring or experimental manipulation) and research design (random assignment or self-selection). In conclusion, the findings were more mixed than expected, though sufficiently strong studies exist to provide lessons for future research.
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author Aboud, Frances E.
Tredoux, Colin
Tropp, Linda R.
Brown, Christia Spears
Niens, Ulrike
Noor, Noraini M.
author_facet Aboud, Frances E.
Tredoux, Colin
Tropp, Linda R.
Brown, Christia Spears
Niens, Ulrike
Noor, Noraini M.
author_sort Aboud, Frances E.
title Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
title_short Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
title_full Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
title_fullStr Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
title_sort interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: a systematic review
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/25885/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/25885/
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