Let's Talk About Race, Baby! When Whites' and Blacks' Interracial Contact Experiences Diverge.
Let's Talk About Race, Baby! When Whites' and Blacks' Interracial Contact Experiences Diverge.
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让我们来谈谈种族吧，宝贝！
DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.013
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Richeson,JenniferA
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作者：
Trawalter,Sophie;Richeson,JenniferA
目前的研究调查了使白人感到焦虑的种族间接触的条件是否与使黑人感到焦虑的条件不同。具体地说，本研究考察了跨种族焦虑作为讨论者种族(即白人或黑人)和讨论话题(即种族相关或种族中立)的函数。为此，我们研究了白人和黑人参与者在短暂的人际互动中的非言语行为。与之前的研究一致，白人参与者在种族间的互动中比同一种族的参与者表现得更焦虑。此外，跨种族互动的白人参与者比他们的黑人互动伙伴表现得更焦虑。此外，种族间互动的白人参与者发现与种族相关的讨论并不比种族中立的讨论更有压力，而种族间互动的黑人参与者认为与种族相关的讨论比种族中立的讨论压力更小。这些种族和背景差异对改善种族间接触和种族关系，更广泛地说，种族间焦虑的含义进行了讨论。
The present study investigated whether the conditions that make interracial contact anxiety-provoking for Whites differ from those that make it anxiety-provoking for Blacks. Specifically, the present work examined interracial anxiety as a function of discussant race (i.e., White or Black) and discussion topic (i.e., race-related or race-neutral). To that end, we examined the nonverbal behavior of White and Black participants during brief interpersonal interactions. Consistent with previous research, White participants behaved more anxiously during interracial than same-race interactions. Additionally, White participants of interracial interaction behaved more anxiously than their Black interaction partners. Furthermore, whereas White participants of interracial interactions found race-related discussions no more stressful than race-neutral discussions, Black participants of interracial interactions found race-related discussions less stressful than race-neutral discussions. The implications of these racial and contextual differences in interracial anxiety for improving interracial contact and race relations, more broadly, are discussed.