Investigated how at-risk youth in Hawaii experienced their own ethnicity and gender. Data from focus groups with diverse adolescents at youth centers indicated that theoretical frameworks must incorporate unique circumstances within differing communities, such as interethnic violence, sexual exploitation, and immigration patterns. (SM)

Perceptions of intragroup and intergroup similarity were assessed in 1st grade (M=6.78 years, SD=.42) and 4th grade (M=9.79, SD=.51) boys and girls (N=382) who attended either ethnically homogeneous or ethnically heterogeneous schools. Children's evaluations of same-race and cross-race friendships were also assessed. European-American children…

This study investigated the relationship between variables of ethnic and sex-role stereotype and job satisfaction based on Festinger's dissonance avoidance theory and Bruner and Tagirui's implicit personality theory. The respondents were 114 American Indian female supervisors, out of a representative sample of 200. The data were collected using a…

A study was conducted to test the hypothesis that most persons will act differently as they process information and form impressions about another person when that person is familiar than when the other person is unfamiliar to them. The subjects were 79 undergraduate students enrolled in the basic communication course of a midwestern university…

In traditional American Indian cultures, sex roles were clearly defined and women were the keepers of the home, child bearers, and food gathers. Sometimes, however, stereotypes and preconceptions become barriers to cross-cultural communication. For instance, feminists who see themselves as victims of a male-dominated society cannot assume that…

Assesses perceptions of 28 Spanish-speaking and 17 English-speaking Mexican American couples of the stereotypes that they believe Anglo-Americans ascribe to them. Examined the degree of subjects' perceptions as a function of (1) subject gender, (2) level of education, (3) language spoken, and (4) ethnic self-identification. (Author/LHW)

Pupils from different ethnic backgrounds at a British comprehensive school were studied to determine how they stereotyped different ethnic groups. Students from each ethnic background saw their own group most favorably. None rejected their own group, nor was there a tendency for non-White students to show solidarity against Whites. (IS)

This study explored the identity development of Asian American college students, especially in relation to the simultaneous development of individual and group identity. It examined how second-generation Asian Americans interpreted their evolving sense of self in relation to race/ethnicity and how their racial/ethnic identity affected their…

In response to color slides of second grade children, 131 university students rated the children's physical attractiveness. Data suggest that the societal stereotype of black Americans was present in the evaluation of black children by black adults. Some indication of ethnocentrism among Anglo and Mexican-American adults was found. (Author/RH)

Examined how race, class, ethnicity, and identity interacted at the macro and micro levels to reify the model minority stereotype of Asian American students. Interviews with Indian American high school students revealed how messages from school and home shaped professional and ethnic identities, pushing students toward careers promising financial…

A projective picture instrument was used to determine ethnic stereotypes of 90 children of 4-5 years. Findings indicate that although 4-year-olds were ambivalent about their ethnic preferences, by age 5 children had developed clear ethnic preferences. (RJC)

Investigated ethnic socialization by parents of minority group adolescents and adolescents' ethnic identity and strategies for coping with stereotypes and discrimination. Interviewed 60 American-born adolescents drawn from 3 ethnic groups (Japanese, Mexican, African) and 1 parent of each adolescent. Discovered significant differences in parental…

Interviews with 20 Hispanic female faculty and administrators revealed mentoring to be important to career development but difficult to obtain. Barriers included limited opportunities for informal contact, compounded stereotypes of women and of Hispanic women, and conflicting values of Hispanic and academic cultures. (SK)

Points out that the images and voices of Jewish women are largely absent from prime-time television. Links feminist theory and images of women as signals of systemic troubles in a community to mass communication theory. Provides a multidisciplinary approach for considering "doubly" and "triply" oppressed minority women. (SR)

Compares a case where a Jewish museum educator engaged Catholic-school students in ordinary conversations about Jewish people and religion with the classroom teacher's traditional pedagogical approach, arguing that culturally specific museums are valid places for authentic learning. Observation and interview data indicated that the experimental…