Abstract
Two correlational studies investigated the joint effect of bias awareness-a new individual difference measure that assesses Whites' awareness and concern about their propensity to be biased-and prejudice on Whites' intergroup anxiety and intended intergroup contact. Using a community sample (Study 1), we found the predicted Bias Awareness × Prejudice interaction. Prejudice was more strongly related to interracial anxiety among those high (vs. low) in bias awareness. Study 2 investigated potential behavioral consequences in an important real world context: medical students' intentions for working primarily with minority patients. Study 2 replicated the Bias Awareness × Prejudice interaction and further demonstrated that interracial anxiety mediated medical students' intentions to work with minority populations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 89-96 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Bias awareness
- Intergroup anxiety
- Interracial contact
- Self-knowledge
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science