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Heuer, Loretta; Bengiamin, Marlene; Downey, Vicki Wessman – Multicultural Education, 2001
Examined stereotypes held by U.S. student nurses before and after participating in an educational experience in Russia. The experience was intended to prepare them to be effective nurses in multicultural health care settings. Data from student interviews indicated that the experience changed students' stereotyped attitudes about Russian culture…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Stereotypes

Ovsiannikov, A.; Rakhmanin, V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Reports on a study of Russian stereotypes of among 1,486 students and 707 instructors in 30 higher education institutions in Russia and former republics of the Soviet Union. Finds that two-thirds of respondents have anxiety feelings caused by knowledge or fear of interethnic conflict. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Conflict