Citation

McAlister AL, Ama E, Barroso C, Peters RJ, Kelder S. Cultur. Divers. Ethnic Minor. Psychol. 2000; 6(4): 363-373.

Affiliation

University of Texas at Houston, School of Public Health 77225, USA. amaclister@mail.utexas.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues; American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11089312

Abstract

Behavioral journalism influences audiences by presenting peer modeling for cognitive processes that lead to behavior change. This technique was used in student newsletters promoting intergroup tolerance and moral engagement in a Houston high school with a diverse ethnic composition. Pretest (N = 393) and posttest (N = 363) cross-sectional comparisons of the student population in that school provided evidence of short-term (6 month) communication effects on attitudes and behavior. Tolerance and moral engagement increased among students in the school where behavioral journalism newsletters were distributed, and there was a corresponding reduction in hostile behavioral intentions and in reports of verbal aggression.

Language: en