Reducing Children’s Racial Biases via a Parent-Led Intervention

项目总结/摘要 种族偏见在儿童时期既明显又有害。白色儿童表现出特别健壮和可靠的种族 5岁时的偏见。许多人建议，父母应该在解决家庭暴力的负面影响方面发挥作用。 儿童的种族偏见，但迄今为止的研究主要集中在有色人种的父母如何采取行动， 该域（例如，他们的子女往往是歧视的目标， 歧视）。在这里，我们测试白色父母是否可以有效地作为偏见干预者与他们的白色 孩子拟议研究的广泛长期目标是改善儿童的健康和福祉 颜色。拟议工作的主要目标是测试一种新的种族偏见干预的效果 针对白色父母（目标1）及其5 - 7岁子女（目标2）的方案。亲子二人组将随机 分配给干预条件或两个控制条件之一。参与干预计划的父母将 完成由理论和以前的经验工作通知的培训计划。该计划将教家长 如何与他们的孩子解决种族问题，然后父母将获得额外的材料和支持来实践 他们在家和孩子一起在培训项目中学到了什么。为了评估干预的效果， 所有条件下的参与者都将完成一次预测试和两次测试后评估（一次立即，一次 延迟）。对父母的评估将侧重于他们对儿童种族偏见的认识和关注， 以及父母的动机和自我效能感，以解决种族与他们的孩子。年分摊 孩子们会关注他们的种族态度，包容性的决定，对另一个人的偏见行为的反应， 种族领域，以及对父母种族态度的信念。另一个目标（Aim 3）是测试适度性 亲子关系质量和参与者环境的种族多样性。结果 拟议的工作将揭示白色父母是否、如何以及在什么情况下可以有效地作为偏见 干预者与他们的孩子。通过早期干预，我们也许能够阻止种族主义的根深蒂固。 种族歧视和减少有色人种儿童将经历种族偏见的有害影响的可能性。

Project Summary/Abstract Racial biases are both evident and harmful in childhood. White children show especially robust and reliable racial biases by age 5. Many have suggested that parents should play a role in addressing the negative effects of children's racial biases, but research to date has focused primarily on how parents of color can take action in this domain (e.g., to buffer effects of discrimination on their children, who are frequently the targets of discrimination). Here we test whether White parents can be effective as bias interventionists with their White children. The broad, long-term goal of the proposed research is to improve the health and wellbeing of children of color. The key objectives for the proposed work are to test the effects of a novel racial bias intervention program on White parents (Aim 1) and their 5–7-year-old children (Aim 2). Parent-child dyads will be randomly assigned to the intervention condition or to one of two control conditions. Parents in the intervention program will complete a training program informed by theory and previous empirical work. The program will teach parents how to address race with their children, and then parents will be given additional materials and support to practice what they learned in the training program with their children at home. To evaluate the effects of the intervention, participants in all conditions will complete a pre-test and two post-test assessments (one immediate, one delayed). Assessments for parents will focus on their awareness of, and concern about, children's racial biases, as well as parents' motivation and perceived self-efficacy to address race with their children. Assessments for children will focus on their racial attitudes, inclusion decisions, reactions to another person's biased behaviors in the race domain, and beliefs about their parents' racial attitudes. A further goal (Aim 3) is to test for moderation by parent-child relationship quality and the racial diversity of participants' environments. Results from the proposed work will reveal whether, how, and in what contexts White parents can be effective as bias interventionists with their children. By intervening early, we may be able to forestall the entrenchment of racial biases and decrease the likelihood that children of color will experience the harmful effects of racial biases.