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dc.contributor.authorWeisburg, Madeleine R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-15T13:37:16Z
dc.date.available2023-08-15T13:37:16Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/12633
dc.description.abstractThe current study investigated if interracial interactions have the same negative effects on stress levels in people with multicultural backgrounds/upbringings as people without multicultural influences. Individuals had a 5-minute conversation about seasons with either a same-race or different-race partner. After the conversation, participants completed a demographics survey answering questions about their own race/ethnicity, the diversity of their childhood/current neighborhoods, as well as the number, length, and types of relationships one has with people of color. Videos of participants during these interactions were rated on four nonverbal social cues: hostility, anxiety, warmth, and enthusiasm, with only hostility giving marginally significant results. Patterns in the data suggested that people are more hostile during same-race interactions than interracial interactions, and that this effect depends on the degree to which the participant came from a multiracial background. These results suggest that the more comfortable a person is in a conversation, the less likely they are to hold back negative emotions thereby being perceived as more hostile.
dc.subjectFirst Reader Alexia C. Toskos
dc.subjectSenior Project
dc.subjectSemester Fall 2021
dc.titleHow a Multicultural Upbringing Affects Stress Levels During Interracial Interactions
dc.typeSenior Project
refterms.dateFOA2023-08-15T13:37:16Z
dc.description.institutionPurchase College SUNY
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.description.degreelevelBachelor of Arts
dc.description.advisorToskos, Alexia C.
dc.date.semesterFall 2021
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