Children's and Adults' Predictions of Black, White, and Multiracial Friendship Patterns

Autor/inn/en	Roberts, Steven O.; Williams, Amber D.; Gelman, Susan A.
Titel	Children's and Adults' Predictions of Black, White, and Multiracial Friendship Patterns
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 18 (2017) 2, S.189-208 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
DOI	10.1080/15248372.2016.1262374
Schlagwörter	Adults; Racial Relations; Positive Attitudes; Racial Attitudes; Friendship; Whites; African Americans; Multiracial Persons; Prediction; Age Differences; Beliefs; Children; Comparative Analysis; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenfrage; Freundschaft; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Mischling; Vorhersage; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Belief; Glaube; Child; Kind; Kinder; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Cross-race friendships can promote the development of positive racial attitudes, yet they are relatively uncommon and decline with age. In an effort to further our understanding of the extent to which children expect cross-race friendships to occur, we examined 4- to 6-year-olds' (and adults') use of race when predicting other children's friendship patterns. In contrast to previous research, we included White (Studies 1 and 2), Black (Study 3), and Multiracial (Study 4) participants and examined how they predicted the friendship patterns of White, Black, and Multiracial targets. Distinct response patterns were found as a function of target race, participant age group, and participant race. Participants in all groups predicted that White children would have mostly White friends and Black children would have mostly Black friends. Moreover, most participant groups predicted that Multiracial children would have Black and White friends. However, White adults predicted that Multiracial children would have mostly Black friends, whereas Multiracial children predicted that Multiracial children would have mostly White friends. These data are important for understanding beliefs about cross-race friendships, social group variation in race-based reasoning, and the experiences of Multiracial individuals more broadly. (As Provided).
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