| Literature DB >> 28700624 |
Jennifer T Kubota1,2, Jaelyn Peiso1, Kori Marcum1, Jasmin Cloutier1.
Abstract
Few researchers have investigated how contact across the lifespan influences racial bias and whether diversity of contact is beneficial regardless of the race of the perceiver. This research aims to address these gaps in the literature with a focus on how diversity in childhood and current contact shapes implicit racial bias across perceivers' racial group. In two investigations, participants completed an Implicit Association Test and a self-report measure of the racial diversity of their current and childhood contact. In both studies, increased contact with Black compared with White individuals, both in childhood (Study 2) and currently (Studies 1 and 2), was associated with reduced implicit pro-White racial bias. For Black individuals (Study 2) more contact with Black compared with White individuals also was associated with reduced implicit pro-White racial bias. These findings suggest that diversity in contact across the lifespan may be related to reductions in implicit racial biases and that this relationship may generalize across racial groups.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28700624 PMCID: PMC5507417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180440
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Relationship between current contact and implicit racial bias in Study 1.
Higher values on implicit racial bias refer to more pro-White associations and lower numbers refer to more pro-Black associations. Overall, greater diversity in contact (Black contact–White contact) related to lower implicit racial bias (IAT D-scores).
Fig 2Relationship between current (Panel A) and childhood contact (Panel B) and implicit racial bias in Study 2 for all participants. Higher values on implicit racial bias refer to more pro-White associations and lower numbers refer to more pro-Black associations. Overall, greater diversity in contact (Black contact–White contact) related to lower implicit racial bias (IAT D-scores).
Fig 3Relationship between current (Panel A) and childhood contact (Panel B) and implicit racial bias in Study 2 for Black participants. Higher values on implicit racial bias refer to more pro-White associations and lower numbers refer to more pro-Black associations. Overall, greater current ingroup contact (Black contact–White contact) related to lower own-group implicit racial bias (IAT D-scores).