Outgroup threat and behavioral tendencies in young adulthood : exploring the roles of stress and group membership
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Ethnic/racial outgroup threat perception has been linked with negative social behavior. However, less is known about its relations with prosocial behavior (i.e., helping behavior). Furthermore, there is a dearth of research that examines intervening mechanisms in these relations and how they may differ within ethnic/racial minority and majority groups. The present study aimed to examine the intervening role of stress in the relations between ethnic/racial outgroup threat perception, aggression, and prosocial behavior toward ethnic/racial outgroups and ingroups among Latine and non-Latine White young adults. Participants were 311 Latine (72.2 percent women, Mage = 21.05 years, SD = 2.09) and 207 non-Latine White (86.0 percent women, Mage = 20.57, SD = 1.90) college students between the ages of 18-25 from across the United States who self-reported on study variables. Path analyses showed that outgroup threat perception was positively associated with aggression for Latines, but not for non-Latine Whites. Stress was positively associated with aggression across both samples and positively associated with measures of prosocial behavior for Latines. Stress did not serve as an intervening mechanism in these relations. The discussion focuses on the adaptive role of behavior in contexts of outgroup threat perceptions and stress.
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