Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.

This study examines the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction, which, in tum, influences the level of interracial interaction among students. Responses from 193 Malay and 165 Chinese students were analyzed...

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Main Author: Tamam, Ezhar
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spelling my.upm.eprints.272642014-04-11T08:40:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27264/ Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate. Tamam, Ezhar This study examines the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction, which, in tum, influences the level of interracial interaction among students. Responses from 193 Malay and 165 Chinese students were analyzed using hierarchical regression. Results support the hypothesized influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction for the Chinese students. But for the Malay students only interracial interaction expectation is significant. Attitudes toward interracial interaction, in turn, significantly predict levels of interracial interaction for both groups. Implications for higher education are discussed. Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27264/1/ID%2027264.pdf Tamam, Ezhar Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate. In: International Communication Association 62nd Annual Conference , 24-28 May 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. . English
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description This study examines the influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction, which, in tum, influences the level of interracial interaction among students. Responses from 193 Malay and 165 Chinese students were analyzed using hierarchical regression. Results support the hypothesized influence of interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate perception on attitudes toward interracial interaction for the Chinese students. But for the Malay students only interracial interaction expectation is significant. Attitudes toward interracial interaction, in turn, significantly predict levels of interracial interaction for both groups. Implications for higher education are discussed.
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author Tamam, Ezhar
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Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
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title Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
title_short Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
title_full Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
title_fullStr Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
title_full_unstemmed Predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
title_sort predicting students' attitudes toward and level of interracial interaction from interracial interaction expectation and campus racial climate.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27264/1/ID%2027264.pdf
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