Assessing attitudes of college students toward cross-cultural relationships
Implications for social work practice, research, and education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2168902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jodi Helbert, Suk-Hee Kim (0000-0002-9348-7465) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 647-663 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10911359.2018.1450797 |
| OpenAlex | W2794841831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Higher education in America is a major social institution and an incubator of intellectual thought, holding an important and transformative place in the public domain, but it has also been implicated in the perpetuation of inequality, and the feeding of racial animus. The research question guiding this quantitative study explored predictors of college students' perceptions of interracial relationships, which led to the querying of factors likely to impact social distance regarding interracial relationships at a mid-sized, diverse, rural university in the south. Two instruments were utilized to test the variables; the Bogardus Social Distance scale and the Social Dominance Orientation scale. The findings indicate statistical significance among two of the three variables examined, when controlling for socioeconomic and demographic variables; positive interracial experiences (p = < .002) and, greater amounts of interracial social contact (p = < .046) predict lower social distances regarding interracial relationships.
Developmental psychology · Dominance (genetics · Higher education · Political science · Race (biology · Scale (ratio · Social dominance orientation · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Test (biology · Transformative learning · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Work Education and Practice · Demography · Gender Studies · Social Psychology
The Psychology of Group Conflict and the Dynamics of Oppression
Social Dominance Orientation
Internet Use Among College Students
Objective Tests as Instruments of Psychological Theory
The study of culture, ethnicity, and race in American psychology
Updating the Bogardus social distance studies
The Political Legacy of American Slavery
Self-reports
Who Interracially Dates
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |