Racial Bias
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a parent-led program for reducing children's racial biases in White families. The main question it aims to answer is: With training, can parents effectively address their children's racial biases? Parent will receive training and tools for addressing their children's racial biases. Researchers will study effects on both parents' and children's racial biases.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEmBARK
The narrated training teaches parents about children's biases and introduces multiple strategies for addressing children's biases. Families receive children's books to help practice the strategies.
BEHAVIORALPopular guidance
The popular press articles teach parents about children's biases and guide parents about how to talk to children about race. Families receive children's books focused on race to help practice talking about race.
BEHAVIORALPractice first
Animal books are provided to parents to help them practice talking to their children when reading books. Then, families receive a training program about race as well as children's books about race.
Sponsors
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* The child is 5.00 to 7.99 years of age * The child participant and their parent are both non-Hispanic White
Exclusion criteria
are: * Non-proficiency in English on the part of the parent or the child * The parent is \<18 years old * The child or parent identifies with another racial/ethnic identity in addition to White
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Likelihood of Child's Racial Bias | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores from 1-5. Higher scores mean higher likelihood of bias. |
| Change in Concern about Children's Racial Bias | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores indicate more concern. |
| Change in Concern about Own Child's Bias | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores indicate more concern. |
| Change in Motivation to Regulate Children's Bias | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores from 1-10. Higher scores mean greater motivation. |
| Change in Self-Efficacy for Addressing Children's Bias | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores from 1-7. Higher scores mean greater self-efficacy. |
| Change in Intergroup Liking | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores is -12 to +12. Higher scores reflect more ingroup liking. |
| Change in Diversity Preference | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores is 0 to 4. Higher scores mean a greater preference for homogeneous groups. |
| Change in Reactions to Discrimination: Evaluation | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores is -6 to +6. |
| Change in Reactions to Discrimination: Confrontation | Baseline, Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Participants can score 0 or 1, with the higher score reflecting confrontation. |
| Change in Predicting Parents' Attitudes | Post-Test 1 (up to 4 weeks on study), Post-Test 2 (up to 16 weeks on study) | Total possible range of scores is -6 to +6. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed