第三章 The relationship between parental racial attitudes and children’s implicit prejudice.pdfVIP

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 41 (2005) 283–289 /locate/jesp The relationship between parental racial attitudes and childrens implicit prejudice q Stacey Sinclair a,*, Elizabeth Dunn a, Brian S. Lowery b a University of Virginia, 102 Gilmer Hall, P.O. Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400, USA b Stanford University, USA Received 30 June 2004 Available online 30 July 2004 Abstract Although many researchers assume that implicit racial attitudes develop via exposure to prejudicial socializing agents (e.g., par- ents, peers, and the media) starting in childhood, there is a dearth of research on implicit attitudes in children. This study looks at the effect of one socializing agent—parents—on childrens or implicit racial prejudice. Specifically, we examine Allports (1954) con- tention that childrens identification with their parents moderates the intergenerational transmission of prejudice. Fourth- and fifth- grade children completed measures of implicit and explicit pro-White/anti-Black prejudice, as well as a survey assessing child–parent identification. Parents completed a survey that measured their attitudes toward Blacks. As hypothesized, we found greater corre- spondence between parents prejudice and childrens prejudice among children who were highly identified with their parents than less identified children. 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction childrens implicit prejudice to the extent that the child