Hyewon Shin, Jung Min Lee, Ji Young Min
Sexual Knowledge, Sexual Attitudes, and Perceptions and Actualities of Sex Education among Elementary School Parents
Child health nursing research
racial microaggressions often occur us higher education however less known white american students reason evaluations racial microaggressions current study investigated 213 white college students 5446 cisgender women attending pwi southeast us fall 2019 justified evaluations acceptability racial microaggressions presented vignettes following social domain theory assess participants social reasoning conducted quantitative content analysis participants openended justifications evaluations multiple regression analyses revealed participants less likely evaluate racial microaggressions negative employed justifications focused 1 assuming behaviors situation followed conventions classroom 2 judging professors response correct 3 asserting behavior likely happen anyone higher participants endorsement colorblind attitudes likely evaluate racial microaggressions appropriate however reasoning centered 1 assuming differential treatment based race 2 perceiving behavior harmful 3 considering behavior conventional expectations associated finding racial microaggressions negative current study highlights value investigating underlying reasoning behind evaluating racial microaggressions addition colorblind attitudes findings suggest higher education professionals consider interventions pay particular attention unpacking students reasoning untangling acceptance ethnocentric narratives providing information challenges classroom behaviors potentially appearing conventional fact perpetuate harm microaggressions