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Race Essentialism and Social Contextual Differences in Children's Racial Stereotyping.


ABSTRACT: The authors explored the differential emergence and correlates of racial stereotyping in 136 children ages 4-11 years across two broad social contexts: Hawai'i and Massachusetts. Children completed measures assessing race salience, race essentialism, and in-group and out-group stereotyping. Results indicated that the type of racial stereotypes emerging with age was context dependent. In both contexts in-group stereotyping increased with age. In contrast, there was only an age-related increase in out-group stereotyping in Massachusetts. Older children in Massachusetts reported more essentialist thinking (i.e., believing that race cannot change) than their counterparts in Hawai'i, which explained their higher out-group stereotyping. These results provide insight into the factors that may shape contextual differences in racial stereotyping.

SUBMITTER: Pauker K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053617 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Race Essentialism and Social Contextual Differences in Children's Racial Stereotyping.

Pauker Kristin K   Xu Yiyuan Y   Williams Amanda A   Biddle Ashley M AM  

Child development 20160901 5


The authors explored the differential emergence and correlates of racial stereotyping in 136 children ages 4-11 years across two broad social contexts: Hawai'i and Massachusetts. Children completed measures assessing race salience, race essentialism, and in-group and out-group stereotyping. Results indicated that the type of racial stereotypes emerging with age was context dependent. In both contexts in-group stereotyping increased with age. In contrast, there was only an age-related increase in  ...[more]

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