Race Gaps in School Trust: Where They Come from and How to Resolve Them

Date

2017-06

Authors

Yeager, David S.
Purdie-Vaughns, Valerie
Hooper, Sophia Yang
Cohen, Geoffrey L.

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Publisher

University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center

Abstract

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Trust in American institutions varies widely among adults from different racial-ethnic backgrounds. This brief, from PRC faculty research associate David Yeager and colleagues, demonstrates that unjust treatment causes minority adolescents to lose trust in school, but a respectful "wise feedback" intervention can repair distrust.

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Citation

Yeager, D. S., Purdie-Vaughns, V., Hooper, S. Y., Cohen, G. L. (2017). Race gaps in school trust: Where they come from and how to resolve them. PRC Research Brief 2(8). doi: https://doi.org/10.15781/T2R785V32