The Transmission of Racial Attitudes Within the Family

被引:117
作者
Castelli, Luigi [1 ]
Zogmaister, Cristina [2 ]
Tomelleri, Silvia [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dept Dev & Socializat Psychol, Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Milan, Dept Psychol, Milan, Italy
关键词
prejudice; socialization; implicit attitudes; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; EXPLICIT ATTITUDES; PREJUDICE; CHILDREN; BLACK; MALLEABILITY; COGNITION; BLATANT; SUBTLE;
D O I
10.1037/a0014619
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Previous literature based on self-report measures has not found a clear relationship between the ethnic attitudes of White parents and those of their children. In particular, no study has evidenced such a relationship in the case of preschool children. In the present study, the authors measured parents' implicit and explicit racial attitudes as well as the racial attitudes of their 3- to 6-year-old children. They found that parents' explicit attitudes were not related to children's responses. In contrast, mothers' implicit attitudes (but not fathers' implicit attitudes) were significant predictors of children's attitudes. Results demonstrate that early racial attitudes might develop within the family.
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页码:586 / 591
页数:6
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