Committee Chair

O'Leary, Brian

Committee Member

Cothran, Lisa; Ourth, Lynn

Department

Dept. of Psychology

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Previous research indicates: that openness and agreeableness positively correlate with racial attitudes, and the importance of interracial friendship on reducing racial bias ( e.g.,Jackson & Poulsen, 2005). Hypotheses included: 1) individuals high on openness and/or agreeableness will report more positive racial attitudes, 2) positive racial attitudes will increase as the quantity and/or quality of interracial friendship increases, and 3) interracial friendship is a moderator between personality and racial attitudes. Participants (n = 217) completed an online survey containing the Big Five Inventory (2001 ), Brigham's ( 1993) Racial Attitudes Scale, a modified interracial contact questionnaire (Tropp and Pettigrew, 2005), Altemeyer's (2005) RWA Scale, and Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth. and Malle's (1994) SDO Scale. Results indicated that: openness and agreeableness were positively correlated with racial attitudes, quality and quantity of friendship were not significantly correlated with racial attitudes, and interracial friendship does not act as a moderator. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Brian O'Leary, and committee members, Dr. Lisa Cothran and Dr. Lynn Ourth, for their wisdom and guidance.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

5-2007

Subject

Interracial friendship; Race awareness

Discipline

Social Psychology

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

vi, 39 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.2 .S923 2007

Rights

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