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Peer reviewedPatchen, Martin; And Others – Sociometry, 1976
Data are presented concerning: (1) dimensions underlying interracial perceptions; (2) ways in which students see other-race schoolmates with respect to these perceptual dimensions; and (3) the accuracy of the interracial perceptions. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Black Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, High School Students
Peer reviewedPatchen, Martin; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1977
Describes a study of interracial behavior and opinion change among black and white high school students in Indianapolis. Factors such as personal aggressiveness, initial racial attitudes, and opportunities for interracial contact within and prior to school are analyzed in terms of their influence on negative and positive interracial behavior.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Blacks, Educational Sociology, Public Schools
Patchen, Martin; And Others – 1977
This paper presents further evidence bearing on the hypothesis that the academic performance of students is associated more closely with the friendliness or unfriendliness of interracial contact than with the sheer opportunity for interracial contact. In addition, evidence is presented concerning the relationship of interracial contact and of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High School Students
Download full textPatchen, Martin; And Others – 1974
This report is concerned with the effects which varying types of interracial experiences have on the academic performance, aspirations, and racial opinions of students. At the same time, it considers the relationships between these outcomes and a variety of factors other than interracial experiences. The study was conducted in all of the public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Desegregation Effects, High School Students
Brown, William R.; Patchen, Martin – 1982
This paper consolidates findings from two related studies: William Brown's research on the predictive ability of measures of early and non-high school interracial contact/opportunities that appear to affect interracial attitudes and behaviors in high school; and Martin Patchen's investigation in Indianapolis, Indiana high schools analyzing the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Childhood Attitudes, High School Students, High Schools
Patchen, Martin; Davidson, James D. – 1973
This report examines the kinds of relationships which existed between black students and white students in the public high schools of Indianapolis, Indiana in the 1970-71 school year. Variations in race relations among schools and among individuals are related to. (1) students' experiences outside of high school--e.g., family, grade school, and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Environment, Family Influence, High School Students
Patchen, Martin; And Others – 1975
The relative importance of factors such as student characteristics, prior contact with the other race, opportunity for contact in the present situation, and conditions of inter-racial contact are examined in order to determine how they predict the social outcomes of inter-racial contact in high schools. Multiple regression analyses are performed…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Group Behavior
