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Do Adolescents' Perceptions of Parental Racial Attitudes Relate to Their Intergroup Contact and Cross-Race Relationships?

University of Maryland, cgedmonds{at}verizon.net

Melanie Killen

University of Maryland

A developmental intergroup framework was used to investigate adolescents' perceptions of parents' messages about cross-race relationships, including friendship and dating, and to relate these attitudes to adolescents' self-reported levels of intergroup contact. Participants (N = 347) were ninth- and twelfth-grade male and female students from the United States, of varying ethnicity. Findings indicated that intergroup contact was related to the likelihood that participants engaged in cross-race relationships. Perceptions of parent racial attitudes were related to the degree of intimacy participants experienced in these relationships. In addition, adolescents reported that parents evaluated the types of cross-race relationships differently, and their messages were significantly related to adolescents' decisions regarding cross-race friendships and dating.

Key Words: adolescent intergroup attitudes • cross-race relationships • developmental intergroup contact

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 12, No. 1, 5-21 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208098773


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