CONTACT BASED SCHOOL INTERVENTION PROGRAM: ENHANCING COOPERATION INTENTION AND REDUCING PREJUDICE TOWARD ROMA

• Authors: Petrík Juraj , Popper Miroslav
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is to assess the effects of an intervention program derived from the contact theory of intergroup attitudes toward the Roma minority. A sample of 150 high school students from two midsized towns was randomly assigned to a control group and an experimental group. Participants in the experimental group attended six sessions of a Junior Project Manager program run by a local organization, which included project management lessons, a lesson on the discriminated minority and positive, cooperative direct contact with the Roma minority in work settings. Participant attitudes were measured prior to and after the intervention program. The intervention program had a positive impact on intergroup attitudes, intergroup trust and approach/avoid tendencies and intended future cooperation. The results indicate that this was the first successful attempt to change intergroup attitudes using direct contact in a Slovak context.

Keywords

EN

ADOLESCENTS; INTERVENTION PROGRAM; PREJUDICE REDUCTION; ROMA MINORITY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 232 – 245

Contributors

author

Petrík Juraj

• Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynské Luhy 4, 82105 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

author

Popper Miroslav

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2020.03.802