Abstract:Promoting student openness to diversity is an important educational goal of colleges and universities; however, scholars have noted the association between openness to diversity and an awareness of racial privilege has not been investigated (Cabrera, 2014). We examined how awareness of White privilege and religious variables predicted openness to diversity in a sample of 500 White, Christian, college students. We drew from multiple identity theory (Abes, Jones, & McEwen, 2007; Jones & McEwen, 2000) with particular attention to how privilege may function across race, gender, and religion. In particular, we hypothesized that gender would moderate the association between awareness of White privilege and openness to diversity. Based on multiple regression analyses, we found awareness of White privilege was positively associated with openness to diversity. Moreover, gender moderated the association such that the association was positive and significant for women, and nonsignificant for men. Results also indicated openness to diversity was positively associated with religious attendance and negatively associated with religious conservatism. Overall, findings show awareness of White privilege and religious variables were associated with openness to diversity and that gender served as a moderator.

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白人特权意识和对多样性的开放性：性别对白人基督教学生的调节作用

摘要：促进学生对多元化的开放是高校的重要教育目标；然而，学者们指出，对多样性的开放性与种族特权意识之间的关联尚未得到调查（Cabrera，2014 年）。我们在 500 名白人基督徒大学生样本中研究了白人特权和宗教变量的意识如何预测对多样性的开放程度。我们借鉴了多重身份理论（Abes、Jones 和 McEwen，2007 年；Jones 和 McEwen，2000 年），特别关注特权如何跨种族、性别和宗教发挥作用。特别是，我们假设性别会调节对白人特权的认识与对多样性的开放性之间的关联。基于多元回归分析，我们发现对白人特权的认识与对多样性的开放程度呈正相关。此外，性别调节了这种关联，因此这种关联对女性是积极且显着的，而对男性则不显着。结果还表明，对多样性的开放与宗教出席率呈正相关，与宗教保守主义呈负相关。总体而言，调查结果表明，对白人特权和宗教变量的认识与对多样性的开放性有关，并且性别起到了调节作用。