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Is love colorblind? Political orientation and interracial romantic desire.
Full Abstract
The present research examined the association of political orientation with ingroup favoritism in two live romantic contexts. In Study 1, White participants had sequential interactions with both a White and Black confederate and reported their romantic desire for each. In Study 2, both White and Black participants speed-dated multiple potential romantic partners and reported whether they would be interested in meeting each speed-dating partner again. In both studies, White participants' political conservatism positively predicted the strength of the ingroup-favoring bias: White conservatives were less likely than White liberals to desire Black (interracial) relative to White potential romantic partners. In contrast, Black participants' political conservatism negatively predicted the strength of the ingroup-favoring bias: Consistent with system-justification theory, Black conservatives were more likely than Black liberals to desire White (interracial) relative to Black potential romantic partners. Political orientation may be a key factor that influences the initiation of interracial romantic relationships.
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Author/s: Eastwick, Paul W (PW); Richeson, Jennifer A (JA); Son, Deborah (D); Finkel, Eli J (EJ);
Affiliation: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. p-eastwick(-atsign-)northwestern.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Personality and social psychology bulletin (Pers Soc Psychol Bull), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 35 (issue 9) : pp 1258-68
Dates: Created 2009/07/31; Completed 2009/09/28;
PMID: 19571275, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/28/2009, IMS Date: )
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