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Predicting Behavior During Interracial Interactions: A Stress and Coping Approach

Trawalter, Sophie, Richeson, Jennifer A., Shelton, J. Nicole·2009·Personality and Social Psychology Review

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The social psychological literature maintains unequivocally that interracial contact is stressful. Yet research and theory have rarely considered how stress may shape behavior during interracial interactions. To address this empirical and theoretical gap, the authors propose a framework for understanding and predicting behavior during interracial interactions rooted in the stress and coping literature. Specifically, they propose that individuals often appraise interracial interactions as a threat, experience stress, and therefore cope-they antagonize, avoid, freeze, or engage. In other words, the behavioral dynamics of interracial interactions can be understood as initial stress reactions and subsequent coping responses. After articulating the framework and its predictions for behavior during interracial interactions, the authors examine its ability to organize the extant literature on behavioral dynamics during interracial compared with same-race contact. They conclude with a discussion of the implications of the stress and coping framework for improving research and fostering more positive interracial contact.

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Authors
Trawalter, S., Richeson, J. A., & Shelton, J. N.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Published
2009-09-24
Volume
13
Issue
4
Pages
243-268
ISSN
  • 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7957
OpenAlex
W2066704163
Cited by
280
References
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FWCI
6.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (F32HD055772)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Keywords
interracial contact, interracial interaction, stress coping, threat appraisal, coping strategies, antagonism, avoidance, freezing response, engagement, behavioral dynamics, intergroup relations
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Models, Psychological, Nonverbal Communication, Prejudice, Race Relations, Stress, Psychological

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