Discrimination is a serious and detrimental social issue that negatively impacts the lives of many children worldwide. This entry offers a review of seminal studies that have sought to understand childhood discrimination, including how children come to develop biases, prejudice, and the ability to perceive discrimination. It presents the psychological and educational effects of discrimination on children as well as the methods that have been shown to alleviate prejudice and discrimination in childhood. In sum, understanding these developmental underpinnings of discrimination is essential to promote empirically supported approaches to preventing the many negative effects of childhood discrimination.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.