Correcting misperceptions reduces partisan animosity across at least 26 countries.

Evidence

Though we focus specifically on interventions to reduce partisan animosity, we also note that the strategy of correcting misconceptions has successfully changed other political outcomes, including reducing ideological commitment23,65,93 (but see ref. 94). Correcting misperceptions has also effectively reduced partisan animosity across 26 countries (ranging from Sweden to Sudan)29. — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 39

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Depolarization interventions can succeed while creating unintended harms.; Public lamenting of polarization may itself deepen partisan animosity. — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 73; Misperceived outgroup extremity drives real polarization through a self-fulfilling spiral. (+4 more)

Related

• Few prejudice reduction experiments show strong evidence of widespread success. (similarity 0.85)
• Partisans across many countries exaggerate outgroup hostility toward their ingroup (similarity 0.84)
• Public lamenting of polarization may itself deepen partisan animosity. (similarity 0.83)
• Deeper-engagement interventions likely reduce partisan animosity more durably. (similarity 0.83)
• Partisans hold systematic misperceptions that exaggerate their opponents’ extremism and hostility. (similarity 0.82)
• Depolarization interventions can succeed while creating unintended harms. (similarity 0.81)
• Effective depolarization interventions target thoughts, relationships, and institutions. (similarity 0.81)
• Reducing animosity may eventually shrink exaggerated stereotypes. (similarity 0.81)
• Depolarization interventions produce only modest temporary effects on partisan animosity. (similarity 0.80)
• Perceived ideological extremity of outgroups drives a self-reinforcing cycle of polarization (similarity 0.80)
• Rachel Hartman et al. — Interventions to Reduce Partisan Animosity (similarity 0.80)
• Partisans massively overestimate disliked traits in the opposing party (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Exposure to opposing political views often increases rather than reduces polarization. #contradicts (0.82) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1475
• Reducing animosity may eventually shrink exaggerated stereotypes. #expands (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 897
• Recategorizing at broader levels can reduce intergroup prejudice. #responds-to (0.72)
• Prejudice reduction can work by changing sentiments without erasing group differences #responds-to (0.72)