Title

Perceptions Of Ambiguously Unpleasant Interracial Interactions: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Keywords

Asymmetry hypothesis; Cognitive interpretation style; Discrimination; Ethnicity; Racism

Abstract

Despite a general consensus in the United States that overtly racist acts are unacceptable, many ambiguous situations in everyday life raise questions of whether racism has influenced a person's behavior in an interracial encounter. The authors of the present study sought to (a) examine simultaneously an array of variables thought to be related to perceived racism and (b) investigate how the contribution of these variables may differ with respect to the asymmetry hypothesis, which suggests that acts of discrimination from a dominant person toward a subordinate person will be viewed as more biased than if the situation were reversed. The authors used a dual structural equation modeling approach. Results indicated that ethnic identity significantly predicted perceived racism. In addition, the extent to which cognitive interpretation style significantly predicted perceived racism depended on the ethnicity of participants involved in the interaction. Copyright © 2007 Heldref Publications.

Publication Date

11-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volume

141

Issue

6

Number of Pages

637-663

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3200/JRLP.141.6.637-666

Socpus ID

36749081165 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/36749081165

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