Critical socialization in White families: Lessons learned from an antiracist parenting program

Family Relations, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Abstract Background Racial bias develops at an early age, yet most White parents promote color‐evasive racial ideology or do not address race with children. There is a need for to have developmentally appropriate race‐conscious conversations young children and facilitate antiracist values. Objectives This paper describes program development, theoretical foundations, implementation challenges, lessons learned from the pilot of parent training program. The six‐session preschool‐aged Grounded in family science, it incorporates children's literature guidance parent–child communication on racism. Applied Experience was high interest participants responded well opportunity learn other parents. Considerable variability parents' awareness impacted complexity discussions influenced responses. Notably, child factors outcomes, suggesting bidirectionality socialization processes. Conclusion Implications Parent may be promising avenue addressing Whiteness promoting action. consider different settings, such as facilitators less politically progressive communities. Future programs should how encourage critical self‐reflection complex toward skill building.

Language: Английский

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Meaningful Psychedelic Experiences Predict Increased Moral Expansiveness

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 9

Published: March 12, 2025

There has been growing interest in understanding the psychological effects of psychedelic experiences, including their potential to catalyze significant shifts moral cognition. This retrospective study examines how meaningful experiences are related changes expansiveness and investigates role acute subjective as predictors these changes. We found that were associated with self-reported increases expansiveness. Changes positively correlated reported mystical ego dissolution, well feeling moved admiration during experience. Additionally, heightened was longer term propensity experience self-transcendent positive emotions awe. Future research should further investigate mechanisms underlying explore different types might influence decision-making behavior over time.

Language: Английский

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Cultivating multigenerational moral expansion: Interventions cultivate moral concern for future generations in boundless and zero‐sum contexts

British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 64(2)

Published: April 1, 2025

Abstract In three studies ( N = 8775) including two pre‐registered experiments and a cross‐national replication across five countries, we tested whether intergenerational appeals that emphasize our responsibility to protect future generations can expand moral circle include distant people within the boundaries of regard. Importantly, asking participants roleplay as leader committee protecting (Studies 1–2) having them partake in philosophical thought exercise emphasizing reduction harm 1–3) increased concern felt towards generations. This was noted when expansiveness construed limitless (Study 1) zero‐sum 2–3). When zero‐sum, attributed ingroup members re‐allocated Spillover effects for present entities were also noted. The evidence illustrates have potential circle, increasing regard potentially even shaping expressed entities.

Language: Английский

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Unlocking the past: efficacy of guided self-compassion and benefit-focused online interventions for managing negative personal memories

Cognition & Emotion, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 38(7), P. 971 - 985

Published: April 18, 2024

Positive reappraisal strategies have been found to reduce negative affect following the recall of personal events. This study examined restorative effect two mood-repair instructions (self-compassion vs benefit-focused reappraisal) and a control condition with no Mood Induction Procedure by using guided autobiographical event. A total 112 university students participated in online (81% women, Mage: 21.0 years). Immediately memory recall, participants were randomised each [(self-compassion:

Language: Английский

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Cross-Cultural Insights into Moral Expansiveness: Selective Valuation of Nature Versus Humans

Published: May 24, 2024

Recent research reveals that people show differential levels of moral concern between the natural world and human outgroups. Yet, this evidence some individuals morally value non-humans to a greater extent than humans stems from limited U.S. samples, warranting broader investigation. Here, we present pre-registered secondary analysis multinational surveys, including college student samples (k = 42, N 7,443) nationally representative data World Values Survey European Social 86, 640,178). Our findings indicate at least 25% report valuing nature over humans, while roughly 35% state they prioritize nature. National characteristics explain 5%-7% variance in worth attributions, with preferential valuation being partly attributable country-level environmental performance development. Valuing predicts pro-environmental attitudes and, lesser extent, outgroup bias. However, did not find clear indications inherent trade-offs humans. These stress need refine conceptual frameworks concern, which could turn provide insights for addressing diverse array urgent humanitarian challenges.

Language: Английский

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Towards Invertebrate Justice

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Psychological Changes Following MBSR and CCT Interventions in a Brief and Intensive Retreat Format: A Sequential Randomized Crossover Study

Mindfulness, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(8), P. 1896 - 1912

Published: July 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway—Beliefs About Compassion Predict Care and Motivation to Help Among Healthcare Professionals

Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 24, 2024

ABSTRACT Aims To develop and preliminarily validate a measure of beliefs about compassion in health care assess whether which may predict compassion. Design Pre‐registered cross‐sectional online survey study with repeated‐measures vignette component. Method Exploratory Confirmatory Factor analyses were performed on split sample 890 healthcare professionals Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Links fears for others, burnout, trait compassion, competency ability self‐efficacy used to convergent divergent validity. Linear mixed model regression relationships between In writing this report, we adhered the Strengthening Reporting Observational Studies Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. Results Four‐factor structure featuring three negative (compassion as harmful, not useful, draining) one positive is important) type was established. factor analysis indicated good fit subscales measures Internal consistency achieved subset (harmful, useful). Regression effects belief that draining caring, motivation help overall; useful effect important caring overall. There no harmful measures. Conclusion This report extends prior qualitative studies large sample, offering way these potentially malleable factors might be targeted education, interventions future research. Patient or Public Contribution The designed consultation research professionals, including substantial input from Indigenous Māori professionals.

Language: Английский

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