Attitude, voice, and behavior: A repressed affect model of interracial interaction.

Abstract

Investigated the relationship between verbal attitudes, voice tone, and behavior toward blacks among a sample of 80 white college males in the North identified as "liberal" on the basis of Schuman and Harding's Irrational Pro and Anti Scales. A simulated interracial encounter in which Ss expected to interact with a black (or white) stimulus person was used. A general pattern of overt friendliness and covert rejection was found. Voice tone and behavior were positively related to each other, but negatively related to friendliness of attitude toward blacks. Results suggest a repressed affect model leading to conflicting cues in interracial interaction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)