FAMILY AND SOCIAL GENERATION COMPARED IN TERMS OF ETHNIC PREJUDICE IN YOUNG ADULTS: A STUDY WITH FAMILY TRIADS

摘要: ILANO The present work proposed, first, to investigate parents’ and offspring’s similarity in terms of eth-nic prejudice using appropriate measurement strategies for interdependent data, such as dyadic correla-tions (Phase I), and, secondly, understand if this can be attributed a specificity the family relation or social generation, through comparison between real dyads pseudodyads II). One-hundred triads composed mother, father, young adult child participated research, total 300 subjects. Each participant was administered questionnaire, containing Akrami, Ekehammar, Araya (2000) Classic Modern Prejudice Scale recent Italian ver-sion. Although Phase I showed good parents offspring with respect re-sponse profiles, II revealed that not attributable relation, but generation one belongs. Key words: Ethnic prejudice; Dyadic correlations; Cultural stereotype; Pseudodyads; Social genera-tion.