DISCRIMINATION IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG DISADVANTAGED MEN

弱势青年生活中的歧视

• 批准号: 7134098
• 负责人: DEVAH IWALANI PAGER
• 金额: $ 13.86万
• 依托单位: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-19 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7134098
• 关键词: African American; attitude; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; correctional institutions; developmental psychology; employment /unemployment; experimental designs; growth /development; human subject; income; interview; lifestyle; male; outcomes research; population survey; prejudice; racial /ethnic difference; social facilitation; socioeconomics; socioenvironment

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The transition to adulthood has been a key concern of life course research, with the attainment of economic self-sufficiency viewed as a critical correlate of other important individual and family outcomes. While for some the transition from school to work is unproblematic, for others this pathway is irregular, interrupted, or blocked. In particular, young black men are less likely to follow a steady trajectory into employment, experiencing instead prolonged periods of joblessness, high rates of incarceration, and flattened earnings trajectories. This research program contributes to the literature on persistent racial disparities by examining how racial bias and discrimination affect the trajectories of black youth. Drawing on insights from psychology, political science, and sociology, this proposal lays out a five-year research agenda focusing on the conceptualization and measurement of discrimination. This research proposal contains two primary goals: First, the proposal develops a framework of comparative methodology, allowing us to study the problems of discrimination through the multiple lenses of field experiment, survey research, and laboratory experiment. Second, the proposal interrogates the mechanisms underlying discrimination, evaluating the contributions of individual and organizational characteristics, as well as examining the cognitive process underlying rational- actor models of discrimination. Together, this proposal lays out an integrated research program that builds sequentially across research domains and complementary methodologies to investigate contemporary forms of discrimination against young African American men. The proposed career development plan is designed to accomplish four objectives: (1) to expand the scope of my work to include perspectives from psychology and political science; (2) to acquire new skills in the use of experimental methods; (3) to gain expertise in survey research methods; and (4) to present my work at scholarly conferences and publish in leading journals. Training components include (1) mentorship by leading scholars of race, inequality, and discrimination from psychology, political science, and sociology; (2) coursework in experimental design, survey methods, and social psychology; (3) participation in workshops and seminars; and (4) further training in the responsible conduct of research.

描述（由申请人提供）：向成年的过渡一直是生命历程研究的一个关键问题，经济自给自足的实现被视为与其他重要个人和家庭结果的关键相关性。虽然对于某些人来说，从学校到工作的过渡是没有问题的，但对于另一些人来说，这条道路是不规则的、中断的或阻塞的。特别是，年轻的黑人男性不太可能遵循稳定的就业轨迹，而是经历长期失业、高监禁率和扁平化的收入轨迹。该研究项目通过研究种族偏见和歧视如何影响黑人青年的轨迹，为有关持续存在的种族差异的文献做出了贡献。该提案借鉴了心理学、政治学和社会学的见解，制定了一个为期五年的研究议程，重点关注歧视的概念化和衡量。这项研究计划包含两个主要目标：首先，该计划建立了一个比较方法论的框架，使我们能够通过现场实验、调查研究和实验室实验的多个视角来研究歧视问题。其次，该提案质疑歧视背后的机制，评估个人和组织特征的贡献，并检查理性行为者歧视模型背后的认知过程。该提案共同提出了一个综合研究计划，该计划按顺序跨研究领域和补充方法建立，以调查当代形式对年轻非洲裔美国男性的歧视。拟议的职业发展计划旨在实现四个目标：（1）扩大我的工作范围，包括心理学和政治学的观点； (2) 获得使用实验方法的新技能； (3) 获得调查研究方法方面的专业知识； (4) 在学术会议上展示我的作品并在领先期刊上发表文章。培训内容包括（1）由心理学、政治学和社会学领域的种族、不平等和歧视领域顶尖学者提供指导； (2) 实验设计、调查方法、社会心理学课程； (3) 参加讲习班和研讨会； (4) 负责任的研究行为的进一步培训。