Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2009):

When race matters: racially stigmatized others and perceiving race as a biological construction affect biracial people's daily well-being.

Full Abstract

Stigmatized group members experience greater well-being in the presence of similar others, which may be driven by the perception that similar others value their shared stigmatized identities (i.e., high public regard). Using experience sampling methodology, this hypothesis is tested with biracial people (29 Asian/White, 23 Black/ White, and 26 Latino/White biracial participants). This study proposes that the greater percentage of stigmatized similar others in one's daily context would predict greater daily well-being for biracial people through higher public regard, but only if biracial people believe that race has biological meaning. These findings add to a growing, but limited, literature on biracial individuals. These findings are situated within the broader literature on stigma and similar others, as well as new theories regarding the consequences of believing race has biological meaning.

Author information

Author/s: Sanchez, Diana T (DT); Garcia, Julie A (JA);

Affiliation: Rutgers University, Department of Psychology, Piscataway, NJ, USA. disanche(-atsign-)rci.rutgers.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Personality and social psychology bulletin (Pers Soc Psychol Bull), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 35 (issue 9) : pp 1154-64

Dates: Created 2009/07/31; Completed 2009/09/28;

PMID: 19644133, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 9/28/2009, IMS Date: )

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Acculturation Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Adult Biological Phenomena Culture Ethnic Groups - psychology Female Humans Interpersonal Relations

Linear Models Male Middle Aged Prejudice Quality of Life - psychology Race Relations Social Distance Social Dominance Social Identification Young Adult

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