Adolescents challenging discrimination: The benefits of a perspective-taking and action-planning intervention on self-efficacy

Wallrich, Lukas; Palmer, Sally B and Rutland, Adam. 2021. Adolescents challenging discrimination: The benefits of a perspective-taking and action-planning intervention on self-efficacy. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 31(5), pp. 530-536. ISSN 1052-9284 [Article]

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Discrimination is widespread and often goes unchallenged because bystanders do not recognize the need to intervene or do not know how to intervene. This field experiment with adolescents (N = 639) tested a group discussion designed to increase perceived importance and self-efficacy around challenging general discrimination. The intervention, which involved perspective-taking and action-planning, was tested with delayed measures against active control conditions, namely sessions on self-disclosure and civic engagement. It led to greater self-efficacy, particularly among White participants.

Item Type	Article
Additional Information	Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement. Additional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting Information section at the end of this article. Materials and replication code are available on the OSF: https://osf.io/xvwqf/. The dataset is available on request from the first author.
Keywords	bystander intervention, discrimination, perspective-taking, self-efficacy, youth work
Departments, Centres and Research Units	Psychology
Date Deposited	09 Jul 2021 12:59
Last Modified	10 Sep 2021 14:58