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<p>Prejudice and discrimination toward sexual minorities and migrants remain significant social challenges in Thailand. Although perspective-taking is widely recognized as an effective bias-reduction strategy, prior research suggests that its effectiveness may be limited in collectivistic cultures, where an interdependent self-construal reinforces rigid ingroup–outgroup boundaries. Drawing on self-expansion theory, the present research examined whether activating self-expansion motivation could overcome these barriers and enhance the outcomes of perspective-taking. Two experimental studies were conducted with Thai undergraduate students. Study 1 (<i>N</i> = 140) targeted gay men, and Study 2 <i>(N</i> = 183) targeted Burmese migrants. Across both studies, self-expansion motivation and perspective-taking were experimentally manipulated prior to exposure to narratives describing discrimination. Outcomes included explicit prejudice, implicit prejudice, and willingness to engage with outgroup members. Results consistently showed that self-expansion motivation did not moderate the effects of perspective-taking. Instead, they operated through independent pathways. Perspective-taking independently reduced explicit and implicit prejudice toward Burmese migrants and increased willingness to engage with gay men, diverging from prior literature suggesting limited effectiveness in collectivistic contexts. Self-expansion motivation independently reduced explicit bias toward Burmese migrants, but this effect did not generalize to gay men targets, likely due to differences in perceived symbolic threat. Overall, the findings suggest that perspective-taking may remain an effective prejudice-reduction strategy in collectivistic contexts, though boundary conditions warrant further investigation, while self-expansion motivation functions as a distinct pathway rather than an amplifier of perspective-taking. This research advances self-expansion theory and cross-cultural self-construal perspectives by clarifying the conditions under which different forms of self–other integration contribute to intergroup bias reduction.</p>

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The effects of perspective-taking on prejudice reduction: The moderating role of self-expansion motivation

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    2026年8月1日

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  • Sornnarin Kanjananopinit,
  • Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat,
  • Narut Pornprasit,
  • Numchai Supparerkchaisakul

摘要

Prejudice and discrimination toward sexual minorities and migrants remain significant social challenges in Thailand. Although perspective-taking is widely recognized as an effective bias-reduction strategy, prior research suggests that its effectiveness may be limited in collectivistic cultures, where an interdependent self-construal reinforces rigid ingroup–outgroup boundaries. Drawing on self-expansion theory, the present research examined whether activating self-expansion motivation could overcome these barriers and enhance the outcomes of perspective-taking. Two experimental studies were conducted with Thai undergraduate students. Study 1 (N = 140) targeted gay men, and Study 2 (N = 183) targeted Burmese migrants. Across both studies, self-expansion motivation and perspective-taking were experimentally manipulated prior to exposure to narratives describing discrimination. Outcomes included explicit prejudice, implicit prejudice, and willingness to engage with outgroup members. Results consistently showed that self-expansion motivation did not moderate the effects of perspective-taking. Instead, they operated through independent pathways. Perspective-taking independently reduced explicit and implicit prejudice toward Burmese migrants and increased willingness to engage with gay men, diverging from prior literature suggesting limited effectiveness in collectivistic contexts. Self-expansion motivation independently reduced explicit bias toward Burmese migrants, but this effect did not generalize to gay men targets, likely due to differences in perceived symbolic threat. Overall, the findings suggest that perspective-taking may remain an effective prejudice-reduction strategy in collectivistic contexts, though boundary conditions warrant further investigation, while self-expansion motivation functions as a distinct pathway rather than an amplifier of perspective-taking. This research advances self-expansion theory and cross-cultural self-construal perspectives by clarifying the conditions under which different forms of self–other integration contribute to intergroup bias reduction.