Comparing the effects of imagined and vicarious contact on attitudes of Singaporean undergraduates towards individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

• Main Author: Huang, Qi Yun
• Other Authors: Wan Ching
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Imagined contact; Vicarious contact; Autism spectrum disorder; Narrative perspective
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177818
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Intergroup contact interventions have been established to be effective in facilitating positive intergroup attitudes (Pettigrew & Tropp, 2006). Existing research establishes the efficacy of direct and indirect contact interventions in reducing prejudice separately, and compares the two types of...