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The Effects of Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Acceptance of Biracial Individuals

THE EFFECTS OF RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF BIRACIAL INDIVIDUALS. Erika Lela Gilyot The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology, 1997 Chair: Dr. Abaineh Workie, Norfolk State University The present study investigated the effects o f race and socioeconomic status on the acceptance of biracial individuals having one Black and one White parent. A sample of 153 Black and 114 White college students were divided into highand lowsocioeconomic status based on demographic information. Acceptance of biracial individuals was measured by 2 modified versions of the Social Distance Scale (SDS1 and SDS2) developed by Bogardus (1928), a shorted version of the Scale To Measure Attitudes Toward Defined Groups (AS) developed by Grice (1934), and a measure of Perceived Commonality (PC) developed by Feather (1980). The Marlowe-Crowne (1960) Social Desirability Scale (SD) was also included to assess for socially desirable response tendencies. Results of the 2 x 2 ANOVA, indicated no statistically significant differences between groups on SDS1, SDS2, and PC. On AS, however, Whites reported more acceptance of biracial individuals than Blacks, with both groups reporting high levels of acceptance. No significant differences were found for the main effect of SES. Group means on SDS 1, SDS2, AS, and PC indicate that both Blacks and Whites reported acceptance of biracial individuals. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.