Effects of a Brief Video Intervention on White University Students' Racial Attitudes

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-157

  Soble, Jason R ^a,b   Spanierman, Lisa B ^a   Liao, Hsin Ya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color blind racial attitudes; Costs of racism to Whites; Diversity education; Racial attitude change; Video interventions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; STUDENTS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251574672     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021158     Document Type: Article

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