Transformative tales: The role of story videos on children's reasoning about transgender identities
Rachel D. Fine,
Solangel C. Troncoso,
Susan A. Gelman
Abstract:The current study explored whether positive contact through stories could influence how young children think about transgender identities and gender in general. A total of 174 children ages 5–6 and 9–10 were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: Jazz (participants watched a video regarding a transgender child named Jazz), Blue (participants watched a video regarding a marker that looked red on the outside but inside was really blue) and control (no video). Both videos described the main character as fe… Show more
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