Racial Identity, Social Context, and Race-Related Social Cognition in African Americans during Middle Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Rowley, Stephanie J.; Burchinal, Margaret R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Zeisel, Susan A.
Titel	Racial Identity, Social Context, and Race-Related Social Cognition in African Americans during Middle Childhood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 44 (2008) 6, S.1537-1546 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	African American Students; African American Children; Racial Attitudes; Poverty; Racial Discrimination; Racial Integration; Racial Identification; Friendship; Social Cognition; Social Environment; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Prediction; White Students; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Child; Children; Kind; Kinder; Rassenfrage; Armut; Racial bias; Rassismus; Rassenintegration; Freundschaft; Soziale Kognition; Soziales Umfeld; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Vorhersage; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study examined the effect of changes in racial identity, cross-race friendships, same-race friendships, and classroom racial composition on changes in race-related social cognition from 3rd to 5th grade for 73 African American children. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which preadolescent racial identity and social context predict expectations of racial discrimination in cross-race social interactions (social expectations). Expectations of racial discrimination were assessed using vignettes of cross-race social situations involving an African American child in a social interaction with European Americans. There were 3 major findings. First, expectations for discrimination declined slightly from 3rd to 5th grade. Second, although racial composition of children's classrooms, number of European American friends, gender, and family poverty status were largely unrelated to social expectations, having more African American friends was associated with expecting more discrimination in cross-racial interactions from 3rd to 5th grade. Third, increases in racial centrality were related to increases in discrimination expectations, and increases in public regard were associated with decreases in discrimination expectations. These data suggest that as early as 3rd grade, children are forming attitudes about their racial group that have implications for their cross-race social interactions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10