When the shoe does not fit: The role of perspective‐taking orientation in a perspective‐taking prejudice reduction intervention
Hanna Szekeres,
Nóra Anna Lantos,
Laura Faragó
et al.
Abstract:We tested how individuals' dispositional perspective‐taking impacts the effectiveness of an intergroup perspective‐taking intervention aimed to reduce anti‐Gypsyism in Hungary. For the intervention, we adapted a role‐playing book with a Roma adolescent protagonist (called the ‘Gypsy Maze’). We predicted that the intervention would be more effective in reducing prejudice for stronger perspective‐takers, compared to weaker, for whom it may even be counterproductive, potentially triggering victim blaming. We cond… Show more
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