Change in Racial Attitudes of White Southerners after Exposure to the Atmosphere of a Southern University
- 1 October 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 25 (2) , 555-558
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1969.25.2.555
Abstract
60 students were administered a Likert-type Negro Attitude Test to determine the effects of parental education, sex, and time spent at the university on attitudes toward Negroes. Parental education (college vs non-college) was not related to Negro attitudes. College seniors were significantly ( p < .01) less prejudiced than freshmen. Some interaction ( p < .08) was found between students' sex and class level, as reflected in the fact that male freshmen had the highest prejudice scores, female freshmen were next, followed by the female seniors. Senior males were the least prejudiced group.Keywords
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