Influence of Expectation and Campus Racial Climate on Undergraduates' Interracial Interaction

Autor/inn/en	Tamam, Ezhar; Idris, Fazilah; Tien, Wendy Yee Mei; Ahmad, Mona Alkauthar
Titel	Influence of Expectation and Campus Racial Climate on Undergraduates' Interracial Interaction
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 33 (2013) 3, S.295-309 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2013.789003
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Racial Relations; Racial Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Cultural Pluralism; Foreign Countries; Student Development; Expectation; Interaction; Asians; Indians; Likert Scales; Measures (Individuals); Multiple Regression Analysis; Student Surveys; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenfrage; Schülerverhalten; Kulturpluralismus; Ausland; Expectancy; Erwartung; Interaktion; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Inder; Likert-Skala; Messdaten; Schülerbefragung
Abstract	In this study, the authors examine the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction which, in turn, influences the levels of interracial interaction among students at a multicultural university in Malaysia. Interaction across race is fundamental to students' growth and development. Responses from 193 Malay and 165 Chinese students were analysed by means of hierarchical regression. Results support the hypothesized influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction for the Chinese students. For the Malay students, however, only interracial interaction expectation is significant. Attitudes toward interracial interaction, in turn, significantly predict levels of interracial interaction for both groups. The results support the hypothesized differential strength of relationships among the variables for the two racial groups. Implications for higher education are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10