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Differences in helping whites and blacks: a meta-analysis.

Donald A Saucier1, Carol T Miller, Nicole Doucet

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, USA. saucier@ksu.edu

Personality and Social Psychology Review : an Official Journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
|March 5, 2005
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This meta-analysis found no universal discrimination against Black individuals in helping studies. However, discrimination occurred when helping was difficult or risky, suggesting aversive racism influences decisions.

Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Discrimination Studies

Background:

  • Assumptions often link help disparities between Black and White individuals to racism.
  • Understanding subtle forms of discrimination in prosocial behavior is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To meta-analytically assess discrimination against Black individuals in helping behavior studies.
  • To investigate the conditions under which discrimination against Black individuals in helping occurs.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a meta-analysis of 48 hypothesis tests from helping studies.
  • Analyzed effect sizes to determine the presence and patterns of discrimination.

Main Results:

  • The overall effect size did not indicate universal discrimination against Black individuals (d = .03, p = .103).

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  • Discrimination against Black individuals was more prevalent when helping required more effort, time, or risk, aligning with aversive racism theory.
  • Notably, discrimination increased in emergency situations, potentially due to inhibited control over prejudice or misattribution of arousal.

    • Conclusions:

    • Discrimination against Black individuals in helping situations is not universal but context-dependent.
    • Aversive racism and situational factors (e.g., perceived difficulty, emergency) significantly influence discriminatory helping behaviors.
    • Further research should explore the interplay between situational demands and intergroup anxiety in discriminatory outcomes.