Citation

Garcia AL, Riggio HR, Palavinelu S, Culpepper LL. Hisp. J. Behav. Sci. 2012; 34(2): 349-362.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0739986311435974

PMID

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Abstract

Numerous survey findings indicate that the majority of White Americans are accepting of interracial romantic relationships. However, relatively few studies have looked at how different American ethnic minority groups view such relationships. The current research examined Latinos' evaluations of intraethnic and interethnic couples. Latino participants (N = 207) read information about either a Latina-Latino, Latina-White, or Latina-Black romantic couple. The results indicate that the Latina-Black couple was evaluated less positively than the Latina-White couple on relationship quality and less positively than the other two couples on perceptions of social support. Latino men were especially likely to express negative emotions toward the Latina-Black couple compared with Latina women. The results are discussed in the context of intergroup relationships.

Language: en