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From empathy to action: Can enhancing host-society children’s empathy promote positive attitudes and prosocial behavior toward refugees?
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Date Issued
2020-03
Date Available
2019-08-26T14:17:32Z
Abstract
Over half of refugees are school-aged children. In host communities, children’s attitudes and behaviors are important for integration of refugee children. This study examines the empathy-attitude-action model in middle childhood (N=94, 8 to 11 years old). In both the experimental and control conditions, children were introduced to a (fictional) refugee, and told he/she would be moving to their school. The experimental condition also listened to a storybook about the child’s refugee experience. Empathy, outgroup attitudes and prosocial behavior toward the incoming child, and refugees as a group, were measured. Although mediation was not supported, the storybook condition reported more empathy and helping intentions, and attitudes predicted helping intentions but not giving to refugees. Results highlight how host-society children can welcome refugees.
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Rotary International and Capital Rotary Club, Rotary District 7770
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Wiley
Journal
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
Volume
30
Issue
2
Start Page
214
End Page
226
Copyright (Published Version)
2019 WIley
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1099-1298
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