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Negotiating Interracial Interactions

Costs, Consequences, and Possibilities

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ID8096411
AuthorsJennifer A Richeson (0000-0002-4758-3835, Northwestern University, corresponding author), J Nicole Shelton (Princeton University)
Year2007
Volume16
Issue6
Pages316-320
Publication date2007-11-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Directions in Psychological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0963-7214 • E-ISSN: 1467-8721
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00528.x
OpenAlexW2138384815
LanguageEN
Citations received128
References cited20

The United States is becoming increasingly diverse, yet interracial contact continues to be awkward, if not stressful, for many. Indeed, recent research suggests that individuals often exit interracial interactions feeling drained both cognitively and emotionally. This article reviews research examining how interracial encounters give rise to these outcomes, zeroing in on the mediating role of self-regulation and the moderating influence of prejudice concerns. Given that interracial contact may be the most promising avenue to prejudice reduction, it is important to examine factors that undermine positive interracial contact experiences, as well as those that facilitate them

Contact hypothesis · Feeling · Negotiation · Prejudice (legal term · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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