Perceived Norms and Classroom Ethnic Composition

O'Brien, Thomas Christopher

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Perceived Norms and Classroom Ethnic Composition

dc.contributor.advisor	Linda R Tropp
dc.contributor.advisor	Brian Lickel
dc.contributor.author	O'Brien, Thomas Christopher
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Psychology
dc.date	2023-09-23T08:33:27.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T20:38:10Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-14T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01
dc.date.submitted	February
dc.description.abstract	Students’ perceptions of normative support for positive intergroup relations from teachers and school staff have been linked to a number of positive intergroup outcomes (Green, Adams, & Turner, 1988; Jugert, Noack, & Rutland, 2011). Additional studies testing the effects of ethnic proportions in classrooms show evidence for positive and negative intergroup outcomes between ethnic majority and ethnic minority students (e.g., Durkin et al., 2011; Vervoort, Scholte, & Scheepers, 2011). Still, research has yet to test simultaneously the effects of ethnic proportions in a classroom in conjunction with students’ subjective perceptions of normative support for positive intergroup relations. With a sample of Latino and White students from 44 classrooms in two public middle schools the current research tests (1) how two sets of perceived school norms (promoting positive intergroup relations and promoting fairness) predict levels of comfort with outgroup members and greater interest in cross-ethnic friendship, and (2) whether proportions of outgroup members in the classroom moderates the relationships between each set of perceived norms and the outcomes.
dc.description.degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/4925377
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/44640
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2329&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Intergroup relations
dc.subject	Perceived Norms
dc.subject	Classroom Composition
dc.subject	Psychology
dc.subject	Social Psychology
dc.title	Perceived Norms and Classroom Ethnic Composition
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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