Shifting Societal Attitudes: Examining the Effects of Perspective Taking on Attitudes toward and Derogation of the Poor. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Shifting Societal Attitudes: Examining the Effects of Perspective Taking on Attitudes toward and Derogation of the Poor. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)
- Main Title:
- Shifting Societal Attitudes: Examining the Effects of Perspective Taking on Attitudes toward and Derogation of the Poor
- Authors:
- Wiese, Jessica Louise
Loomis, Colleen
Mitchell, Terry - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: People tend to hold negative attitudes about and derogate those in poverty to varying degrees, often relying on indivi-dualistic explanations of poverty that largely ignore systemic sources. This study (N = 208) examined a perspective-taking strategy that could be used to reduce distancing behaviors and negative attitudes toward the poor. Perspective takers distanced less and reported fewer negative attitudes than others. An additional finding was that men (n = 57) were more likely to derogate/distance than women, showed greater agreement with personal deficiency explanations for poverty, and reported stronger stereotypic attitudes toward people who are impoverished.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of poverty. Volume 23:Issue 1(2019)
- Journal:
- Journal of poverty
- Issue:
- Volume 23:Issue 1(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 23, Issue 1 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0023-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 20
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-02
- Subjects:
- attitudes -- Canada -- low-income -- perspective taking -- poverty -- social distance
Poverty -- United States -- Periodicals
Poor -- United States -- Periodicals
Public welfare -- United States -- Periodicals
362.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.haworthpress.com ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/10875549.2018.1496375 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1087-5549
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- Legaldeposit
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