Global Depolarization: Correcting Overly Negative Group Meta-Perceptions across 26 Countries

We demonstrate that inaccurate and negative group meta-perceptions ‒ how one believes an out-group perceive one’s in-group’s behavior ‒ generalize across the globe (10,207 participants from 26 countries) and the political spectrum. An intervention which corrects partisans’ inaccurate group meta-perceptions and reduces their polarized attitudes also generalizes.