Influence of Race on Views About Public Displays of Affection

This Correlational study involved constructing an attitude scale to measure public displays of affection (PDA). The scale had an alpha coefficient of .81, which indicated that it had a high internal consistency. The validity was confirmed due to the correlations between the validity check questions being highly correlated with the total PDA scores. Some races, such as Latin American, are more likely to display affection in public, than others, such as Asian. It was hypothesized that race is going to have an influence on PDA scores. Twenty-item, 7-point scale, questioners were given out to 127 college students. ANOVA analysis was used to get the results of F test=1.926, p-value= .129. The means for the four races were as follows: Caucasian=5.27, Africa-American=4.6893, Latino=5.0, and Asian=5.0167. The results indicated that race did not seem to have an effect on the type of response on the PDA questionnaire.

nfluence of Race on Views About Public Displays of Affection

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Four different races participated in the study; they were Caucasian, Africa-American, Latino, and Asian. Each was given a 7-point scale on attitudes toward public displays of affection. Overall, race was expected to affect the scores of individuals in different races because in some races, affection in public is seen as more positive that in other cultures. For example, given the fact that Latinos are acculturated to show affection in their families and in public I general, without being embarrassed, it was expected for this race to have a higher score on the PDA questionnaire, compared to whites, African-Americans, and Asians.

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The question being asked in this study is if people of different races would differ in their views on public displays of affection. A scale of affection was constructed to measure people's general attitudes toward affection in public. A measure of each individual score on PDA within each of the 5 races was taken and then the mean score of each race was assessed. From the inputted information it was then concluded, through using an analysis of variance if race contributed a statistically significant difference in scores between the races on the PDA questioner.

A total of 126 questionnaires were distributed to students of different races by research students in the methods class. Each methods student's researcher handed out a total of eight PDA questionnaires to eight Umass students, and later brought the PDA questions back. The reliability test for the alpha coefficient, the T-test, for the romantic relationship variable, and the correlational coefficient tests were run on all of the 126 questionnaires.

A 20-item 7-point attitude scale was used to measure attitudes towards public displays of affection. Each of the 20 statements on he attitude scale required a response on a 7-point scale that ranged from agree to disagree, 1 indicating disagree, 7 indicating agree, and 4 indicating an uncertain answer. Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, and 18 were reverse scored items to eliminate yes and no bias. Also, items 15 and 16 served to check social desirability. Correlation between items 6 and 18 served to determine whether people were paying attention to the questions on the questionnaire. In reliability section, the scale started with alpha coefficient of .06. However, after reverse scoring, the alpha coefficient increased to .83, indicating that the scale had very good internal consistency. An av

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