Social distance and stereotypes of Roma at the primary school age Cover Image

Socijalna distanca i stereotipi o Romima kod dece novosadskih osnovnih škola
Social distance and stereotypes of Roma at the primary school age

Author(s): Mirjana Franceško, Vladimir Mihić, Jelena Kajon
Subject(s): Education, Social psychology and group interaction, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Društvo psihologa Srbije
Keywords: social distance; Roma education; Roma stereotypes;

Summary/Abstract: The sample of the research presented in this paper consisted of 575 children age 10 and 11 from four of Novi Sad`s primary school. 58 of them were Roma, and the rest were Serbs, Hungarians, Croats, etc. The paper deals with the social distance toward the six ethnic groups (Roma, Serbs, Croats, Hungarians, Slovaks and Ruthenians), as well as stereotypes of Roma both in Roma and non-Roma children. Sample has also been divided in two by the criteria of Roma children attending the same classes as the children in the sample or not. The results show that social distance toward the Roma is higher than any other social distance in this sample. Also, we were not able to find any significant differences in this social distance between children who attend the school with the Roma children and those who do not. As could be expected, the auto stereotypes were more positive than the hetero stereotypes.

  • Issue Year: 39/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 167-182
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian