Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
13
Number
2
Page Numbers
pages 10-31
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2008
Abstract
In past years, the face of America's workplaces and academic settings has become increasingly diverse, making it important to investigate modern racial attitudes and their relationship with interracial interactions. While there has been extensive study of the racial attitudes of Whites, those of Blacks are less frequently examined, especially in relation to interracial anxiety. One-hundred-forty-one White and 95 Black undergraduate students participated in this correlational study, in which they completed separate measures of racial attitudes and interracial anxiety. Results indicated a significant negative correlation between the variables for both Blacks (r = -.552,p < .01) and Whites (r = -.574,p < .01). As hypothesized, this demonstrated that individuals who endorse certain, negative racial attitudes would likely experience more anxiety in an interracial interaction. Findings may have important implications for improving interracial interactions in the workplace and an academic setting.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
22 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 13 no. 2 2008
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
McAloon, Chelsea G.
(2008)
"The relationship between racial attitudes and racial anxiety in a diverse academic setting: is it black and white?,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 13:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol13/iss2/3
Department
Dept. of Psychology