ACT to Facilitate Change – Can Conversation about Injustice in a Theatre Setting Reduce Inflexibility, Prejudice and Negative Reactions Towards Discussions of Discrimination?
(2024) PSYP01 20241Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This study aimed to explore the effect of group conversation about injustice using methods from Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) in a theatre setting. The objective was to reduce prejudice, psychological inflexibility with stigma and white fragility as well as increase compassion and behavioural intentions towards equality, among a sample of Swedish adults. An interactive conversational theatre was used as the intervention condition and was compared to a control group. One session was held, where participants either took part in the conversational theatre or a focus discussion group. A total of 85 participants took part in the study, which was carried out in Malmö, Sweden. The findings indicated no effects on compassion or... (More)
- This study aimed to explore the effect of group conversation about injustice using methods from Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) in a theatre setting. The objective was to reduce prejudice, psychological inflexibility with stigma and white fragility as well as increase compassion and behavioural intentions towards equality, among a sample of Swedish adults. An interactive conversational theatre was used as the intervention condition and was compared to a control group. One session was held, where participants either took part in the conversational theatre or a focus discussion group. A total of 85 participants took part in the study, which was carried out in Malmö, Sweden. The findings indicated no effects on compassion or behavioural intentions towards equality in either group. Prejudice was observed to increase in both groups, while white fragility increased in the intervention but not the control group. Psychological inflexibility was observed to decrease in both groups, but the intervention was significantly more effective. The results contradict some previous findings and future research is needed to further elucidate these effects. Outcomes and implications are discussed in the context of prejudice reduction interventions, entertainment narrative approaches, and Acceptance and Commitment Theory. (Less)
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- author
- Brinck, Elise LU
- supervisor
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- Sima Wolgast LU
- Eva Hoff LU
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- prejudice reduction, compassion, psychological inflexibility, acceptance and commitment training, narrative persuasion, theatre
- language
- English
- id
- 9161111
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-18 13:57:17
- date last changed
- 2024-06-18 13:57:17
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abstract = {{This study aimed to explore the effect of group conversation about injustice using methods from Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) in a theatre setting. The objective was to reduce prejudice, psychological inflexibility with stigma and white fragility as well as increase compassion and behavioural intentions towards equality, among a sample of Swedish adults. An interactive conversational theatre was used as the intervention condition and was compared to a control group. One session was held, where participants either took part in the conversational theatre or a focus discussion group. A total of 85 participants took part in the study, which was carried out in Malmö, Sweden. The findings indicated no effects on compassion or behavioural intentions towards equality in either group. Prejudice was observed to increase in both groups, while white fragility increased in the intervention but not the control group. Psychological inflexibility was observed to decrease in both groups, but the intervention was significantly more effective. The results contradict some previous findings and future research is needed to further elucidate these effects. Outcomes and implications are discussed in the context of prejudice reduction interventions, entertainment narrative approaches, and Acceptance and Commitment Theory.}},
author = {{Brinck, Elise}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{ACT to Facilitate Change – Can Conversation about Injustice in a Theatre Setting Reduce Inflexibility, Prejudice and Negative Reactions Towards Discussions of Discrimination?}},
year = {{2024}},
}