Nonverbal Communication Among Black Female Dyads: An Assessment of Intimacy, Gender, and Race

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Research in the area of the effects of gender and race on social and psychological behavior has been limited in its approach, only reporting differences between blacks and whites or males and females. This paper expands race and gender effects to include both within and between race comparisons as well as gender comparisons across race. Using the results of a naturalistic observation of nonverbal cues between same sex dyads, the behavior of black women is compared to white women and black men. Similarities and differences among the groups provide further evidence for previously reported race and gender effects. Other examples from the nonverbal literature are discussed using this “simple effects” comparative strategy.

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