Minority Perceptions of Whites' Motives for Responding Without Prejudice: The Perceived Internal and External Motivation to Avoid Prejudice Scales

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-414

  Major, Brenda ^a   Sawyer, Pamela J ^a   Kunstman, Jonathan W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attributional ambiguity; intergroup processes; interracial interaction; prejudice; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; PACIFIC STATES; PREJUDICE; RACISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873732977     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213475367     Document Type: Article

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