Tolerance, Sociability, Sex, and Race
Correlates of Attitudes toward Interracial Marriage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8094357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah G Sones (University of Southern Mississippi, corresponding author), Mary Ann Holston (University of Southern Mississippi) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 518-518 |
| Publication date | 1988-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1988.62.2.518 |
| OpenAlex | W2045210393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
The relationship of sex and race to attitudes toward interracial marriage has been studied by Martelle (1970) and Vandewiele (1980). Their resulcs indicated that black subjects were more favorable than white ones toward interracial marriage, and men more than women. The Interracial Marriage Attitude Scale, devised by the first author, was a sevenpoint semantic differential scale consisting of 10 items, with responses ranging from 1 (totally unacceptable) to 7 (totally acceptable). It was used to measure attitudes toward the marriage of a ( 1 ) white male--Asian female, ( 2 ) Asian male-white female, ( 3 ) white male-Hispanic female, ( 4 ) Hispanic male-white female, ( 5 ) white malePolynesian female, (6) Polynesian m a l e w h i t e female, ( 7 ) white male-Iranian female. (8) Iranian male-white female, ( 9 ) white m a l e b l a c k female, (10 ) black m a l e w h i t e female. The Tolerance and Sociability Scales of the California Psychological Inventory were also given. Inventories were administered to 120 subjects, between the ages of 18 and 23 yr., from classes at a southern university to find out if tolerance. sociabiliry, sex, and race had any significant relation to attitudes toward interracial marriage. Following attrition, 31 white subjects ( 7 men, 24 women), 22 black subjects ( 2 men, 20 women), 43 Asians (25 men, 18 women), and 15 Hispanics ( 9 men, 6 women) participated. Using a downward, step-wise multiple regression procedure,' Tolerance scores alone appeared to give the best prediction of attitudes toward interracial marriage. The higher the scores, the more liberal the attitude toward interracial mariage. Significant ( p < .05) were attitudes of subjects toward marriages of white persons and Iranians and of white and black persons. Interracial Marriage Attitudes Scores seemed to indicate that white persons' intermarriage wirh black persons or Iranians still is not approved, perhaps related to current political issues and the geographical region from which the subjects were drawn. Before further research is undertaken, validation of the Interrac~d Marriage Attitude Scale and replication of this study are needed. The scale might be expanded to allow more detailed information in assessing the bases for subjects' attitudes. Additional studies should also seek equal representation of men and women
Developmental psychology · Race (biology · Sociology · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gender Studies · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.19 |
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| Citation span | 1995 - 2015 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |