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ERIC Number: EJ1189387
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1938-8926
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DREAMzone: Testing Two Vicarious Contact Interventions to Improve Attitudes toward Undocumented Immigrants
Cadenas, German A.; Cisneros, Jesus; Todd, Nathan R.; Spanierman, Lisa B.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, v11 n3 p295-308 Sep 2018
We used Allport's (1954) intergroup contact theory as a framework to test the effectiveness of 2 vicarious contact interventions on improving attitudes toward undocumented immigrants. The first intervention was DREAMzone, a 4-hr ally certification workshop. The second intervention was a 30-min documentary film chronicling the stories of 5 undocumented immigrants. Participants (N = 239) experienced 1 of these 2 conditions or were part of a control group. Pre- and posttest assessments were conducted on various attitudes toward undocumented immigrants (i.e., empathy, anxiety, and prejudice). Our results indicated that both intervention modalities significantly improved attitudes toward undocumented immigrants. Attitudes of those in the control group did not change across assessments. Implications for higher education research and practice are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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