TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic prejudice and intergroup contact in prospective adoptive parents
AU - Canzi, Elena Camilla Rosa
AU - Ferrari, Laura
AU - Ranieri, Sonia
AU - Rosnati, Rosa
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - While ethnic prejudice is considered a key factor in parental cultural socialization strategies, there is nonetheless a lack of research about this topic among prospective transracially adoptive parents and the extent of their contacts with members of minority ethnic groups. Participants in the current study were 175 couples: 102 prospective adoptive parents pursuing international adoption in Italy and 73 couples who at the time of the study neither had children nor were involved in the adoption process. Results showed, first, that prospective adoptive parents reported lower levels of ethnic prejudice and more positive intergroup contacts than the comparison group and, second, that adoptive status, together with a more positive intergroup contact, predicted lower levels of negative prejudice. Implications for pre- and post-adoption interventions are discussed.
AB - While ethnic prejudice is considered a key factor in parental cultural socialization strategies, there is nonetheless a lack of research about this topic among prospective transracially adoptive parents and the extent of their contacts with members of minority ethnic groups. Participants in the current study were 175 couples: 102 prospective adoptive parents pursuing international adoption in Italy and 73 couples who at the time of the study neither had children nor were involved in the adoption process. Results showed, first, that prospective adoptive parents reported lower levels of ethnic prejudice and more positive intergroup contacts than the comparison group and, second, that adoptive status, together with a more positive intergroup contact, predicted lower levels of negative prejudice. Implications for pre- and post-adoption interventions are discussed.
KW - Ethnic prejudice
KW - Intergroup contact
KW - Prospective adoptive parents
KW - Transracial adoption
KW - Ethnic prejudice
KW - Intergroup contact
KW - Prospective adoptive parents
KW - Transracial adoption
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/98653
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wado20/current
U2 - 10.1080/10926755.2017.1291460
DO - 10.1080/10926755.2017.1291460
M3 - Article
SN - 1092-6755
VL - 20
SP - 181
EP - 194
JO - Adoption Quarterly
JF - Adoption Quarterly
ER -