When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference.

Autor/inn/en	Reitz, Anne K.; Asendorpf, Jens B.; Motti-Stefanidi, Frosso
Titel	When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wann fühlen sich jugendliche Immigranten persönlich diskriminiert? Langzeiteffekte der Peer-Präferenz.
Quelle	In: International journal of behavioral development, 39 (2015) 3, S. 197-209Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254; 1464-0651
DOI	10.1177/0165025414567008
Schlagwörter	Peer-Beziehungen; Diskriminierung; Einwanderung; Nationalität; Präferenz; Ethnische Gruppe; Mitschüler
Abstract	Despite research showing that immigrant adolescents differ in the degree to which they feel personally discriminated against, little is known about individual predictors of their perceived personal discrimination. The authors studied the role of a major developmental task in adolescence that is highly relevant for discrimination experiences: being liked by peers. They followed 532 13-year-old immigrant students (294 boys) in Greek high schools over 2 years to examine longitudinal links between personal ethnic discrimination and social preference among host-national and immigrant classmates. A sociometric method was applied to asses peer preference and self-perceived preference was assessed. Cross-lagged models revealed that preference among host-national peers but not by immigrant peers predicted low personal ethnic discrimination beyond self-perceptions of preference and group ethnic discrimination. Group ethnic discrimination moderated the effect of preference among host-national peers on low personal ethnic discrimination. Peer preference, in turn, did not feed back on personal ethnic discrimination. Findings highlight the importance of being liked by host-national classmates for immigrant adolescents: It can prevent feelings of being personally discriminated against, even if they perceive their group to be discriminated against. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2026/3