Journal article
The Integral Role of Emotion in Interracial Interactions and College Student Outcomes
Journal of diversity in higher education, Vol.4(4), pp.223-235
12/01/2011
DOI: 10.1037/a0024692
Abstract
Although the relationship between college interracial interactions and student outcomes has been the focus of considerable research, the underlying processes that explain these effects have rarely been examined. Theoretical perspectives and some empirical research suggest that emotions may play an integral role in explaining the link between interracial interactions and subsequent outcomes. The present study examined the potential mediating effects of emotional connections and reactions using a sample of 607 Australian undergraduate students. The results show that interracial emotional connections fully mediate the relationship between positive interracial interactions and student outcomes (i.e., changes in intergroup attitudes and civic engagement), and some indirect effects are present for corresponding analyses of negative interracial interactions. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Integral Role of Emotion in Interracial Interactions and College Student Outcomes
- Creators
- Nicholas A. Bowman - University of Notre DameNida Denson - Western Sydney University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of diversity in higher education, Vol.4(4), pp.223-235
- Publisher
- Educational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/a0024692
- ISSN
- 1938-8926
- eISSN
- 1938-8934
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/501100000923, name: Australian Research Council
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283729102771
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