The Social Context of Emotion: Effects of Ethnicity and Authority/Peer Status on the Emotional Reports of African American College Students.

Vrana, Scott R.; Rollock, David

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Social Context of Emotion: Effects of Ethnicity and Authority/Peer Status on the Emotional Reports of African American College Students.

Vrana, Scott R.; Rollock, David

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, v22 n3 p296-303 Mar 1996

Examines the emotional impact of inter- and intraethnic interactions with peers and authority figures among black undergraduates (n=66). Subjects reported more negative emotions in hypothetical interactions with whites and intensification of both positive and negative affect in interactions with authority figures. Range of reported effect was more limited in the presence of white experimenters. (JPS)

Descriptors: Blacks, Emotional Response, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Peer Groups, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Social Environment, Undergraduate Students, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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