Social Normative Influence on Peer Views of Diversity and Inclusion

This is a survey-experiment study that will examine if providing students with factual information about their peers' pro-social behaviors and inclusive beliefs will influence their own attitudes and behaviors related to diversity and inclusion. This is a four-part study. Participants will first complete self-report questionnaires about their attitudes concerning political correctness and measures about their sense of belonging within their university. Survey 2 will take place 5 days following Survey 1. First, participants will indicate their current inclusive behaviors and estimates of peer attitudes of diversity. Following the questionnaires, participants will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions (academic behaviors of students or student pro-diversity attitudes at their university). Following the randomized conditions, all participants will then complete measures of their views on diversity and inclusion and their future behavioral intentions. Following this survey, participants will complete a third survey four weeks later. The third survey will be similar to the second survey. Participants will be prompted to complete questionaries about their inclusive behaviors in the last month, their views on diversity, and their interests in diversity events. The fourth survey will be two weeks after the third survey. Participants will be prompted to complete questionaries about their intentions of inclusive behaviors and their views on diversity.