@article{ref1,
title="A Real Time Social Norms Intervention to Reduce Male Sexism",
journal="Sex roles",
year="2008",
author="Kilmartin, Christopher and Smith, Tempe and Green, Alison and Heinzen, Harriotte and Kuchler, Michael and Kolar, David",
volume="59",
number="3-4",
pages="264-273",
abstract="College males’ overestimation of peers’ sexism may result in reluctance to challenge these toxic attitudes. Researchers investigated the power of a brief intervention to correct these cognitive distortions in Southeastern U.S. undergraduate samples of unacquainted (N = 65; 86.2% Caucasian) and acquainted males (N = 63; 82% Caucasian). Participants first reported selfperceptions of attitudes toward women and then estimated the attitudes of other men present. Intervention participants attended brief presentations that included feedback on discrepancies between actual and perceived norms within their groups. At 3 week follow up, there was a significant decrease in perceptions of peers’ sexism for intervention groups, indicating that a brief intervention may be useful in sexism reduction.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0360-0025",
doi="10.1007/s11199-008-9446-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-008-9446-y"
}