Prejudice Prevention Research Articles

Experiences of Prejudice and Discrimination from the Perspective of Syrian Migrants: A Qualitative Study in Türkiye

This study examines Syrian immigrants’ experiences of prejudice and discrimination, their causes, and solutions based on their own experiences. The findings obtained from in-depth interviews with the 20 participants selected using the snowball sampling method are as follows. There are experiences of prejudice and discrimination in business life, such as late employment, wage inequality, and marginalizing labels. Experiences of exclusion, such as marginalizing discourses and being treated differently, are evident in social life. The reasons for these phenomena are economic, social, and media factors. Social policies and education regulations are needed to prevent prejudice and discrimination. Among these suggestions, steps such as facilitating services for Syrians and improving Turkish language skills stand. This research makes an important contribution to the field in terms of addressing the causes and solutions of prejudice and discrimination against migrants based on their own experiences. Therefore, we argue that it is important to include the voices of migrants in future research on the causes and prevention of prejudice and discrimination.

Inter-Religious Prejudice in A Multicultural Society

Prejudice between religious believers in a multicultural society is a negative view or stereotype that is formed against a particular religion or individual based on their religion. The writing of this scientific article is to use literature research, researchers examine theories, concepts, definitions, understandings of the variables studied to find their connection. The result of writing this article is Prejudice in the religious context is a behavior that will threaten the integrity of the Indonesian nation as a multicultural nation. This prejudiced behavior is formed in a person due to individual, sociological and cultural psychological factors. Religious prejudice will trigger discrimination and violence in society. If this behavior continues, it does not rule out the spirit of multiculturalism that is expected to evaporate by itself. Prevention of prejudice in religion can be done by increasing the value of the prejudiced group, opening communication, conditioning the environment to internalizing social norms.

Developmental Prevention of Prejudice: Conceptual Issues, Evidence-Based Designing, and Outcome Results

This article reviews conceptual and empirical issues on the developmental prevention of prejudice in childhood and adolescence. Developmental prejudice prevention is defined as interventions that intentionally change and promote intergroup attitudes and behavior by systematically recognizing theories and empirical results on the development of prejudice in young people. After presenting a general conception of designing evidence-based interventions, we will discuss the application of this model in the field of developmental prejudice prevention. This includes the legitimation, a developmental concept of change, and the derivation of intervention content and implementation. Finally, we summarized recent evaluations results by reviewing meta-analytical evidence of programs and discuss important issues of future research and practice.

Beliefs in an Unjust World: Mediating Ethnicity-Related Stressors and Psychological Functioning.

Racism is negatively associated with health. Explorations of cognitive reactions, such as beliefs in an unjust world (BUW), are needed to understand the associations between both perceived discrimination and own-group conformity pressures (OGCPS) and reduced psychological well-being. With a sample of 215 ethnic minority individuals, this study used structural equation modeling to explore BUW's mediating role between the two aforementioned forms of ethnicity-related stressors (ERS), anger rumination, and negative affect. ERS were directly positively associated with BUW, anger rumination, and negative affect. BUW were directly and positively associated with both anger rumination and negative affect. Finally, BUW significantly mediated the direct relationships between both ethnicity-related stressors and anger rumination and negative affect. Although addressing racism and OGCPS at a systemic level (e.g., policy, prejudice prevention) is needed to reduce ERS, these findings suggest that BUW is one point of possible clinical intervention for individuals who have experienced these stressors.

The Future of Prejudice: Psychoanalysis and the Prevention of Prejudice

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196(6):p 509, June 2008. | DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31817734f7

Multicultural Education and Prejudice Prevention

Multicultural Education and Prejudice Prevention

White Racism and Suboptimal Psychological Functioning Among White Americans: Implications for Counseling and Prejudice Prevention

This study examined the causal relationships between anxiety, racism, and self‐esteem in a sample of White graduate and undergraduate students (N = 169). The results indicated that level of anxiety had a direct effect on anti‐Black attitudes, which, in turn, had a direct effect on self‐esteem. Implications for counseling interventions aimed at preventing prejudice among Whites are discussed.Este estudio examinó las relaciones causales entre la ansiedad, el racismo, y el auto‐estima en un grupo de estudiantes graduados y estudiantes de bachillerato Blancos (N = 169). Los resultados indicaron que el nivel de ansiedad tuvo un efecto directo en las actitudes anti‐Negras, que en torno tuvo un efecto directo en el auto‐estima. Las implicaciones para las intervenciones de consejería dirigidas a prevenir el prejuicio entre los Blancos son discutidas.

Assessing the Impact of a Prejudice Prevention Project

This article reports on the effectiveness of a prejudice prevention intervention that was used among a culturally diverse group of students in Hawaii. Implications of the results of this primary prevention effort for counseling practice and interculturally adaptive social development are discussed.

Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counselors and Educators

Ponterotto, Joseph G., and Pederson, Paul B. (1993). Preventing Prejudice: A Guide for Counselors and Educators. (Multicultural Aspects of Counseling Series: Volume 2). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 238 pp. Cloth ISBN 8033-5284-8, price $29.95; paper ISBN 8039-5285-6, price $14.95. In Preventing Prejudice, Ponterotto and Pederson acknowledge that prejudice and racism are a part of the American culture. Thus, educators and counselors must identify and launch efforts to overcome impediments to working effectively with ethnically and racially diverse individuals. The book presents helping professionals with models and strategies for improving interracial and interethnic relations, pragmatically emphasizing the need for multicultural awareness programs that are preventive, developmental, and long term. The authors adopt an interdisciplinary approach to their work by drawing upon psychology (social, developmental, cross-cultural, and counseling), sociology, and education. The principal focus is on primary prevention; however, the book often transcends all levels of prevention. Part I, Understanding Prejudice and Racism, comprises three chapters that provide the historical context for understanding subsequent chapters. Key terms are defined, and data on the prevalence of prejudice and racism in all facets of society (including children in kindergarten through grade 12 and students on college campuses) are presented. Issues surrounding the development and manifestation of prejudice are also given attention. The authors make two important, but often overlooked, points: (a) no group has a monopoly on prejudice--many individuals are the victims or perpetuators of racism, sexism, ageism, and ethnocentrism; and (b) prejudice comes in many forms--overt, covert, conscious, unconscious, individual, and institutional. In addition, Ponterotto and Pederson distinguish between old-fashioned racism and modern racism, adding that modern racism has taken on a new form in contemporary America. Part II, Racial/Ethnic Identity Development, consists of two chapters that focus on racial identity development among minority groups (Asian American, African American, and Hispanic American) and Caucasian Americans. Both chapters comprehensively examine the relationship of racial identity to mental health issues, the development of racism, and prejudice prevention. Part III, Race Awareness Strategies for the School and Community, consists of four chapters that present pragmatic applications of prejudice prevention programs in school, college, and community settings. The chapters answer the important question, What specific roles and strategies can counselors and educators adopt in combatting prejudice? These roles include fostering racial/ethnic identity, facilitating interracial or intergroup contact, promoting multicultural and nonsexist education and counseling, and confronting and transforming negative racial attitudes. …

Prevention of prejudice in elementary school students

This study investigated the effects of cooperative group peer tutoring on the inter-ethnic relations of elementary school age children. Direct observations of social interactions on the playground and sociometric indices were used to measure inter-ethnic associations before and after the eight-week program. For first graders, inter-ethnic interactions and sociometric choices increased and improvements were found in arithmetic and reading grades. However, no significant changes were found among the third grade program children in either inter-ethnic associations or academic performance. These findings suggest that a cooperative peer tutoring classroom structure may improve the inter-ethnic relationships of first grade children who have experienced only a short history of competitive academic exercises and whose overt ethnic prejudice may be less ingrained.