Relations Between Colorblind Socialization and Children's Racial Bias: Evidence From European American Mothers and Their Preschool Children

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1164-1179

  Pahlke, Erin ^a   Bigler, Rebecca S ^b   Suizzo, Marie Anne ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84863860901     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01770.x     Document Type: Article

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