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The effect of self-affirmation on perception of racism |
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| Authors: | Glenn Adams Teceta Thomas Tormala |
| Institution: | a Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA b Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G3 c Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, 1101 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA d Department of Psychology, Tulane University, 2007 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA |
| Abstract: | Two studies tested the hypothesis that a self-affirmation manipulation can eliminate group differences in perception of racism. Latino and White students completed a questionnaire manipulation of self-affirmation followed by a survey measuring perception of racism against stigmatized groups. Results in both studies revealed a predicted main effect such that Latino participants perceived greater racism than did White participants. However, this difference was qualified in both studies by a hypothesized interaction. The group difference in perception of racism was true only of participants in the no-affirmation condition; it was reduced (Study 1) or eliminated (Study 2) among participants who received a self-affirmation treatment. Additional analyses challenge prevailing discourse about motivational sources of ethnic differences in racism perception. Although results provide tentative evidence that the affirmation treatment attenuated perception of racism among Latino participants, they provide stronger evidence that the affirmation treatment facilitated perception of racism among White participants. |
| Keywords: | Perception of prejudice Defensive motivation Self-affirmation Identity Racism |
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