Social Identity Complexity, Cross-Ethnic Friendships, and Intergroup Attitudes in Urban Middle Schools

Autor/inn/en	Knifsend, Casey A.; Juvonen, Jaana
Titel	Social Identity Complexity, Cross-Ethnic Friendships, and Intergroup Attitudes in Urban Middle Schools
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 2, S.709-721 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12157
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Urban Schools; Identification; Friendship; Intergroup Relations; Grade 7; Social Attitudes; Peer Groups; Religion; Athletics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Freundschaft; Intergruppenbeziehungen; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Leichtathletik
Abstract	This study investigated contextual antecedents (i.e., cross-ethnic peers and friends) and correlates (i.e., intergroup attitudes) of social identity complexity in seventh grade. Social identity complexity refers to the perceived overlap among social groups with which youth identify. Identifying mostly with out-of-school sports, religious affiliations, and peer crowds, the ethnically diverse sample (N = 622; M[subscript age] in seventh grade = 12.56) showed moderately high complexity. Social identity complexity mediated the link between cross-ethnic friendships and ethnic intergroup attitudes, but only when adolescents had a high proportion of cross-ethnic peers at school. Results are discussed in terms of how school diversity can promote complex social identities and positive intergroup attitudes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10