Inclusion reduces political prejudice

doi:10.31234/osf.io/dxwpu

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Inclusion reduces political prejudice

Published Mar 27, 2017 · J. Voelkel, Dongning Ren, M. Brandt

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Abstract

Political inclusion is when someone receives a fair chance to voice one’s opinions in a discussion of political topics with political outgroup members. In three preregistered studies (total n = 799), we test if political inclusion reduces or increases prejudice toward the political outgroup using either an imagined scenario (Study 1) or an experience in an ostensible online political discussion (Studies 2 & 3). Across all studies, participants who were politically included by political outgroup members reported reduced prejudice toward their political outgroup compared to participants in a neutral control condition (Cohen’s ds ranging from -0.50 to -0.27). Study 3 showed that this effect extends to non-political inclusion. The effects of political and non-political inclusion were mediated by perceptions of the political outgroup as fairer and less dissimilar in their worldviews. Our results indicate that inclusive political and non-political discussions reduce political prejudice.

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Large Human Trial

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Inclusive political and non-political discussions reduce political prejudice, with participants perceiving political outgroups as fairer and less dissimilar in their worldviews.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

Inclusion reduces political prejudice

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