"No, where are you really from?" Testing the foreigner objectification scale with German adolescents.

Autor/inn/en	Juang, Linda P.; Schwarzenthal, Miriam; Moffitt, Ursula; Vietze, Jana
Titel	"No, where are you really from?" Testing the foreigner objectification scale with German adolescents.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychologie, 53 (2021) 3-4, S. 82-93Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-8637; 2190-6262
DOI	10.1026/0049-8637/a000242
Schlagwörter	Faktorenstruktur; Fragebogen; Testreliabilität; Validität; Aggression; Zufriedenheit; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Jugend; Schüler; Leben; Konvergenz; Bürgerschaft; Diskriminierung; Engagement; Ethnische Identität; Migration; Entwicklung; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Being perceived as a foreigner regardless of one's generational status, citizenship, or self-identification is called foreigner objectification. This is a form of identity denial and is linked to psychological distress. To test how foreigner objectification could be measured in Europe, we assessed whether the Foreigner Objectification Scale demonstrated reliability and validity with German adolescents. The sample included 806 9th graders from 17 high schools. The results showed that the scale demonstrates good reliability, scalar measurement invariance across gender and citizenship status, and partial scalar measurement invariance across family heritage, generational status, and cultural self-identification. Adolescents who scored higher on the scale also reported greater school behavioral disengagement, lower life satisfaction, and stronger ethnic identity. Our findings suggest that the scale is psychometrically sound and is linked in theoretically consistent ways to adjustment and ethnic identity. We conclude that this scale offers another way to capture subtle discrimination experiences that add to a more comprehensive understanding of discrimination and the related implications in Europe. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2022/3