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Not Quite White or Black: Biracial Students’ Perceptions of Threat and Belonging Across School Contexts

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Rozek, CS; Gaither, SE
Published in: Journal of Early Adolescence
November 1, 2021

Stereotype threat posits that students who are members of negatively stereotyped groups in school should feel more threat and less belonging, especially in schools with large achievement disparities and low racial/ethnic minority representation. This research has focused primarily on the experiences of negatively stereotyped monoracial minority students, but for a biracial Black/White student who claims both a negatively stereotyped (e.g., Black) and a positively stereotyped (e.g., White) identity, do these outcomes vary? We assessed 1,399 biracial Black/White, monoracial Black, and monoracial White middle school students’ perceptions of threat and belonging in school, across four lower-stereotype-salient schools (i.e., racially diverse schools) and seven higher-stereotype-salient schools (i.e., racially homogeneous schools). Biracial students reported a similar amount of threat across school contexts, whereas monoracial students’ threat was differentially context dependent. These findings suggest biracial students may face unique identity-related threats in school and point to a need to develop supports specific to their experiences.

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Journal of Early Adolescence

DOI

EISSN

1552-5449

ISSN

0272-4316

Publication Date

November 1, 2021

Volume

41

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1308 / 1337

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Rozek, C. S., & Gaither, S. E. (2021). Not Quite White or Black: Biracial Students’ Perceptions of Threat and Belonging Across School Contexts. Journal of Early Adolescence, 41(9), 1308–1337. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620950476
Rozek, C. S., and S. E. Gaither. “Not Quite White or Black: Biracial Students’ Perceptions of Threat and Belonging Across School Contexts.” Journal of Early Adolescence 41, no. 9 (November 1, 2021): 1308–37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620950476.
Rozek CS, Gaither SE. Not Quite White or Black: Biracial Students’ Perceptions of Threat and Belonging Across School Contexts. Journal of Early Adolescence. 2021 Nov 1;41(9):1308–37.
Rozek, C. S., and S. E. Gaither. “Not Quite White or Black: Biracial Students’ Perceptions of Threat and Belonging Across School Contexts.” Journal of Early Adolescence, vol. 41, no. 9, Nov. 2021, pp. 1308–37. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0272431620950476.
Rozek CS, Gaither SE. Not Quite White or Black: Biracial Students’ Perceptions of Threat and Belonging Across School Contexts. Journal of Early Adolescence. 2021 Nov 1;41(9):1308–1337.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Early Adolescence

DOI

EISSN

1552-5449

ISSN

0272-4316

Publication Date

November 1, 2021

Volume

41

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1308 / 1337

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1701 Psychology