Publications

Publication details [#52614]

Killen, Melanie and Christina Edmonds. 2009. Do Adolescents' Perceptions of Parental Racial Attitudes Relate to Their Intergroup Contact and Cross-Race Relationships? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 12 (1) : 5–21.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adolescent | attention | family conversation | influencing | race

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study demonstrates that U.S. adolescent perceptions of parental racial attitudes are linked to the intimacy extent they experience in cross-race relationships, whilst parental attitudes are significantly linked to their adolescent children's own decisions concerning cross-race friendships and dating.