Abstract
We examined 123 same-sex dyadic interactions between White, White and Black, and White and Asian American college students. Participants' self-reported feelings and cardiovascular responses indicated that Whites experienced greater discomfort with ethnic minority partners than with White partners. Supporting the affective amplification theory proposed by the intergroup anxiety model (Stephan & Stephan, 1985), observers reported that as Whites became less comfortable, they increased their positive feelings toward Black partners but decreased these positive feelings toward White partners. Moreover, as their comfort decreased, Whites felt less positive if paired with White partners but reported no change in feelings if paired with Black or Asian partners. In addition, when experiencing intergroup discomfort, women increased their friendliness whereas men decreased their friendliness.
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