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ERIC Number: EJ696853
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0001-8449
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Intergenerational Transmission of Prejudice, Sex Role Stereotyping, and Intolerance
O'Bryan, Megan; Fishbein, Harold D.; Ritchey, P. Neal
Adolescence San Diego, v39 n155 p407 Fall 2004
The attitudes of 111 ninth and eleventh graders and both of their biological parents were independently assessed for prejudice against people with HIV/ AIDS, homosexuals, Blacks, and fat people, as well as for male and female sex role stereotyping. This study corrected for two shortcomings in previous research: neglecting to assess both parents and assessing only a single domain of prejudice. We addressed the intergenerational transmission of prejudice and stereotyping using three competing models: same-sex, parent equivalent, and differential effects. Using multiple regressions in which parents' scores were entered separately, along with control variables, different maternal and paternal influences were detected. Mothers were the primary influence for prejudice regarding HIV/AIDS, fatness, and race, and fathers were the primary influence for male and female stereotyping and prejudice against homosexuals, supporting the differential effects model. We also established that prejudice and stereotyping in specific domains reflected a more general proclivity to be intolerant. In contrast to prejudice and stereotyping in specific domains, fathers and mothers about equally shaped the adolescents' intolerance, supporting the parent equivalent model.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 11; Grade 9
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Language: English
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