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Peer reviewedStephan, Walter G.; Rosenfield, David – Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 1978
Examines the determinants of changes in the racial attitudes of 230 white elementary school children during school desegregation. (MP)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Rearing, Elementary School Students, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedStephan, Walter G.; Rosenfield, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Effects of desegregation on interethnic attitudes, interethnic contact, and self-esteem of fifth and sixth grade Blacks, Whites and Mexican Americans were investigated. All groups were found to be highly ethnocentric. White and Black students from segregated backgrounds had more negative attitudes toward out-group and in-group members after…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Ethnic Relations, Ethnocentrism
Peer reviewedStephan, Walter G.; Rosenfield, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
The self-esteem and ethnocentric attitudes and behavior of Black, White, and Mexican-American elementary school children were investigated. Results indicated that Blacks are not lower in self-esteem than Whites or Mexican Americans, and that all three groups are ethnocentric in attitudes and behavior. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Relations
Peer reviewedRosenfield, David; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
The effect of the classroom structure and the classroom climate of desegregated schools on the prejudices of White intermediate school students in a large, southwestern school district was investigated. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were performed. Implications of the results for the design of desegregation plans are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Grade 4, Grade 5
Download full textStephan, Walter G.; Rosenfield, David – 1980
The study described in this report investigated the effect of the classroom structure and climate of a recently desegregated school on the outgroup friendships and ethnic attitudes of white, black, and Mexican American fourth grade students in Dallas, Texas. A path analysis that charted the interethnic attitudes and attitude changes from fourth to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Attitudes, Classroom Desegregation, Desegregation Effects
