Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority group within the United States, and the present work
studies the existence of intragroup biases within this community due to violations of
prototypicality and the existence of colorism. The present work also explores identity denial as a
possible mediator of the relationship between target prototypicality and negative social
consequences. Especially, when presented with lighter-skin or darker-skin targets,
Hispanic/Latinx individuals are more likely to see them as less likable, and less warm when
compared to a prototypical target. There was no evidence to support that identity denial mediated
this relationship. Additionally, this research extends previous literature on the content of
stereotypes faced by individuals of differing skin colors and finds conflicting results using an
intragroup sample. Unexpected results suggest prototypicality may trump phenotypic variations
within this unique population.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/27386 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Trujillo, Leidy D. |
| Contributors | Ashburn-Nardo, Leslie, Stockdale, Margaret, Pietri, Evava |
| Source Sets | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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