Author : Sara Chari Francisco
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ISBN 13 :
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Book Synopsis Race and Gender Effects on Attitudes Toward Friendship Norm Violations by : Sara Chari Francisco
Download or read book Race and Gender Effects on Attitudes Toward Friendship Norm Violations written by Sara Chari Francisco and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several basic social norms, widely shared across cultures, govern friendships. Yet endorsement of friendship norms is likely to differ depending on the particular gender and racial composition of a pair of friends. Previous research finds, for example, that men tend to be less disapproving of rule-breaking than women, especially when it involves their male friends. However, there is a lack of literature that investigates variations in reactions by race. As such, I examine the degree to which race, as well as gender, influence assessments of friendship behavior using a sample from a survey of workers on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform. Participants (N=387) evaluate violations of friendship norms described in vignettes in which the friends gender and race (white or African American) are experimentally manipulated. Vignettes described scenarios in which a friend challenged friendship norms (e.g., disclosed a secret, cancelled plans). I address two questions; first what differences exist in the approval levels of norm violations? Second, do these approval levels differ by the race and gender of the friend and participant? I hypothesize that women will disapprove more than men of a friend who violates norms of emotional closeness and trust. I also hypothesize that African Americans will receive more disapproval in norm violations in comparison to whites. In addition, I test whether individuals are more forgiving of rule-breaking on the part of a friend of the same, rather than a different, gender or race category. Finally, in a test of contact theory, I examine the degree to which previous experience with interracial friendships moderates disapproval in the face of violations of friendship norms by members of a different race. Findings suggest that reactions to misbehaviors differ based on the gender and race of the people within the relationship. Furthermore, cross-gender and cross-race friendships are experienced differently for individuals of a majority versus a minority race.