Parents’ Expectations for and Reactions to Children's Racial Biases

• Scott, Katharine E. ^[1] ; Shutts, Kristin ^[1] ; Devine, Patricia G. ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Wisconsin–Madison

     University of Wisconsin–Madison

     City of Madison, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 91, Nº. 3, 2020, págs. 769-783
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • How do parents think about and react to their children's racial biases? Across three studies (N = 519) we investigated whether and how parents? Internal Motivation to Respond without Prejudice Scale (IMS) predicted standards for their children's race-related behavior, and tested parents? affective reactions to imagining their children violating their standards. Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that parents (of 4- to 12-year-old children) with high IMS set more stringent standards for their children's race-related behavior than their low IMS counterparts. Upon considering their children expressing racial bias, high IMS parents reported negative self-directed affect (i.e., guilt; Studies 2 and 3), an affective response that motivates prejudice reduction in adults. The results have implications for involving parents in prejudice interventions targeting children's biases.