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Roxanne Alvarado-Torres; Melissa Dunn Silesky; Sheena Helgenberger; Aja Anderson; Claudia Granillo; Ty Nared; Erika Bonnevie – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objectives: WhatMakesUs is a digital media campaign aimed at reducing mental health stigma in the Greater Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. This study evaluated the campaign's impact at the end of the second year of the campaign by examining different aspects of mental health stigma, including social distance, attitudes, behaviours and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Social Media, Social Bias, Behavior
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Tin L. Nguyen; Alexis L. d'Amato; Scarlett R. Miller; Samuel T. Hunter – Creativity Research Journal, 2025
Emerging theory and evidence suggest that intergroup relations may stimulate malevolent creativity, but the intergroup foundations of malevolent creativity remain unexplored. Drawing from theories of intergroup conflict, we argue that malevolent creativity can be understood through the lens of parochial altruism, one's willingness to partake in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Group Behavior, Group Unity, Group Dynamics
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Nein-Tsu Chiang; Hsiang-Yu Ma; Rui-Hsin Kao; Jui-Chung Kao – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The objectives of this study were to explore the multicultural acceptance of college students toward new immigrants and its influencing factors, the cognitive discrepancy between college students and new immigrants, and the reasons why college students exhibit prejudice, stereotypes, and social distance toward new immigrants. The questionnaire…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Immigrants, Social Bias
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Stephanie C. Stern – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This research investigated the impact popular novels have on knowledge about and attitudes towards Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), compared to that of traditional college textbooks. Study 1 found that participants in the novel condition chose fewer correct and fewer incorrect responses to questions about ASD. Participants did not differ in their…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Novels
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Synne Nese Skarsaune – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Persons with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) risk exclusion, both in research and as members of society. Because of their embodied communication, they face the challenges in being understood. Oftentimes, others speak on their behalf making inferences on what their perspective might be. Methods: Empathy is suggested…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Adults
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Ethan Morrow; Amnee Elkhalid; Madeline S. Pringle – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2024
Using intergroup contact and stigma management communication theories, this work examines the effect of cultural teaching and learning in Spanish language classes on cultural stigma, social distance, and ethnocentrism. Additionally, this study examines how individuals respond to positive and negative messages about foreigners. Survey results…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Spanish, Romance Languages, Departments