Age and Skin Tone as Predictors of Positive and Negative Racial Attitudes in Hispanic Children

Autor/in	Stokes-Guinan, Katie
Titel	Age and Skin Tone as Predictors of Positive and Negative Racial Attitudes in Hispanic Children
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 33 (2011) 1, S.3-21 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986310389303
Schlagwörter	Racial Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Minority Group Children; Age Differences; Predictor Variables; Racial Bias; Hispanic Americans; Whites; Racial Differences; Toys; African Americans; Asian Americans; Color; Stereotypes; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenfrage; Negative Fixierung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prädiktor; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; Rassenunterschied; Toy; Spielzeug; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Klischee; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Past research suggests that both White children and minority children, including Hispanics, hold pro-White biases. Although doll studies have been a popular way of assessing racial attitudes among children, several methodological issues have made it challenging to interpret the results from these studies. Furthermore, past research has failed to consider the independence of positive and negative attitudes. The present study utilized a revised doll technique to look at racial attitude development in 116 Hispanic children aged 3 to 10. Results contradict past findings, as the vast majority of the children showed no in-group bias (preference for Hispanics over other groups) or out-group bias (preference for other groups over Hispanics). Nonetheless, Hispanic children showed a slight preference for Whites over Blacks and Asians, and racial attitudes differed as a function of age and skin tone. Results from this study suggest that positive and negative attitudes are influenced by different factors. (Contains 1 note, 2 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10