About this Research Topic
Social prejudice refers to a preconceived judgment, opinion or attitude directed toward certain people based on their membership in a particular group. Allport defined prejudice as an antipathy based on a false and inflexible generalization, “aversive or hostile attitude toward a person who belongs to a group, simply because he belongs to that group, and is therefore presumed to have the objectionable qualities ascribed to that group” (social stereotypes). Social prejudices are deeply ingrained, socially learned, shared, and often dominant negative attitudes about the members of other (not own) groups. As attitudes they have a multidimensional nature, including cognitive, emotional, valuative, and behavioral components and can arise in evident as well as implicit forms. Prejudices against social groups have negative impacts on the inter-group and interpersonal relationships, and can load to social discrimination, injustices, inequalities, and marginalization.
Although categorizing people into groups and the consequent social stereotyping, group bias and prejudice are natural processes, it is possible to acquire awareness of the prejudice toward a person or a group and promote its reduction. The research mentioned different strategies helpful on this purpose (such as contact, empathy, perspective taking, decategorization, recategorization). This Research Topic aims to address research being done around the world to reduce prejudices and the following discrimination, stigma, and marginalization of some social categories.
The purpose is to identify various interventions and programs aimed to reduce prejudices, exploring the role of different strategies. The goal is to create as complete as possible collection of scientifically validated educational programs and interventions aimed at prejudice reduction, which can be an important reference for scholars in this field of research, for those who work in schools, educational institutions, social services, or organizations, as well as for policy makers so that they can activate strategies to promote civil coexistence, respect for diversity and complexity, and solidarity and inclusive society.
The Research Topic focuses on evidence-based programs, validated through scientific parameters.
This Research Topic aims to improve the knowledge of strategies and programs to reduce social prejudices, in different contexts: schools, institutions, communities, working places, healthcare settings, etc. Programs on one or more of different forms and profiles of prejudice are welcome, including but not limited to: prejudice towards people of other ethnicity, nationality, social class, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or against obesity, mental health, disability.
We are interested in Original Research, Methods, Clinical Trials, Community Case Study, and Curriculum, Programs, Interventions, Instruction. Authors from different research fields, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, pedagogy, educational science, social science, health, are welcome to contribute innovative programs to advance the knowledge about prejudices' reduction.
Although categorizing people into groups and the consequent social stereotyping, group bias and prejudice are natural processes, it is possible to acquire awareness of the prejudice toward a person or a group and promote its reduction. The research mentioned different strategies helpful on this purpose (such as contact, empathy, perspective taking, decategorization, recategorization). This Research Topic aims to address research being done around the world to reduce prejudices and the following discrimination, stigma, and marginalization of some social categories.
The purpose is to identify various interventions and programs aimed to reduce prejudices, exploring the role of different strategies. The goal is to create as complete as possible collection of scientifically validated educational programs and interventions aimed at prejudice reduction, which can be an important reference for scholars in this field of research, for those who work in schools, educational institutions, social services, or organizations, as well as for policy makers so that they can activate strategies to promote civil coexistence, respect for diversity and complexity, and solidarity and inclusive society.
The Research Topic focuses on evidence-based programs, validated through scientific parameters.
This Research Topic aims to improve the knowledge of strategies and programs to reduce social prejudices, in different contexts: schools, institutions, communities, working places, healthcare settings, etc. Programs on one or more of different forms and profiles of prejudice are welcome, including but not limited to: prejudice towards people of other ethnicity, nationality, social class, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or against obesity, mental health, disability.
We are interested in Original Research, Methods, Clinical Trials, Community Case Study, and Curriculum, Programs, Interventions, Instruction. Authors from different research fields, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, pedagogy, educational science, social science, health, are welcome to contribute innovative programs to advance the knowledge about prejudices' reduction.
Keywords: Social prejudices, prejudice reduction, educational programs, intervention, validation
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