A field experiment involving more than 500 Israelis, around 29 years of age, during a period of extensive Israeli-Palestinian violence suggests that compared with a control intervention, an intervention designed to foster a belief in the malleability of groups achieved sustained long-term reductions in participants' negative attitudes about Palestinians and increased willingness to make concessions with Palestinians.
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Article #17-06800: "Testing the impact and durability of a group malleability intervention in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," by Amit Goldenberg et al.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences