Perceptions of women and men in mixed-race heterosexual relationships.

ABSTRACT: Although the number of mixed-race couples is increasing in North America, these couples continue to experience stigma and discrimination, which can have deleterious effects on individuals in these relationships. In three samples, we examined perceivers' first impressions of targets in mixed-race couples when viewed with their romantic partner versus alone, including their warmth and competence (Sample 1a), global morality (Sample 1b), and specific stereotypic behaviors including likelihood to betray, conform, and be prejudiced (Sample 1c). Partner effects occurred for specific stereotypes relevant for intergroup behaviors such that individuals in mixed-race couples were rated as more likely to betray close others and to be less conforming and less prejudiced than individuals in same-race c

SUBMITTER: Iankilevitch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature