McDermott, D;
Brooks, A;
Rohleder, P;
Blair, K;
Hoskin, RA;
McDonagh, L;
(2018)
Ameliorating transnegativity: assessing the immediate and extended efficacy of a pedagogic prejudice reduction intervention.
Psychology and Sexuality
, 9
(1)
pp. 69-85.
10.1080/19419899.2018.1429487.
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Abstract
We demonstrate that pedagogic interventions utilising mediated contact and the parasocial contact hypothesis provide an effective means of instantiating both an immediate and long-term reduction in prejudice towards transgender people. Through application of the parasocial contact hypothesis, our quasi-experiment demonstrates that exposure to the combined intervention of a panel presentation and a trans-themed film resulted in a significant reduction of self-reported prejudice immediately after exposure and this effect persisted up to 6 weeks later in a sample of 66 female university students. In addition to testing this effect, we also assess the relationship between prejudice towards transgender people and other forms of prejudice, including old-fashioned and modern prejudice towards gay men and lesbian women. In doing so we demonstrate that prejudice towards trans people appears to be conceptually related to prejudice towards gay men and not lesbian women. Limitations and directions for future research are explored.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ameliorating transnegativity: assessing the immediate and extended efficacy of a pedagogic prejudice reduction intervention |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19419899.2018.1429487 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2018.1429487 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Transnegativity, transphobia, parasocial contact, prejudice reduction, pedagogic interventions |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Primary Care and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042789 |
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