Intervention against aesthetic prejudices and physical conditions in 5-year-old children
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the possibility of reducing prejudices related to aesthetic stereotypes and physical conditions in children. For this, in the first place, an instrument was developed to assess whether children are prejudiced. Based on the results obtained, an intervention program was implemented, which consists of workshops with recreational activities to teach boys and girls a different way of seeing their peers and thus avoid discrimination in the future. The simple consisted of 42 children of both sexes, 5 years old. The results showed that both boys and girls had prejudices, which were notably diminished after the application of the workshops.
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