Communication of stereotypes in the classroom: Biased language use of German and Turkish adolescents.

Autor/inn/en	Schoel, Christiane; Roessel, Janin; Jacobsen, Anja; Stahlberg, Dagmar
Titel	Communication of stereotypes in the classroom: Biased language use of German and Turkish adolescents. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Vermittlung von Stereotypen im Unterricht: Voreingenommener Sprachgebrauch deutscher und türkischer Jugendlicher.
Quelle	In: Journal of applied social psychology, 44 (2014) 4, S. 266-277 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9029; 1559-1816
DOI	10.1111/jasp.12213
Schlagwörter	Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Labeling approach; Einstellung (Psychologie); Klassenraum; Interkulturelle Differenz; Soziolinguistik; Ethnische Gruppe; Jugendlicher
Abstract	Investigated the linguistic transmission and maintenance of mutual stereotypes in interethnic contexts. A field study was conducted to examine biased language use, namely, linguistic expectancy bias (LEB) and linguistic intergroup bias (LIB) among 81 German and 31 Turkish adolescents (aged 13-20 years) from 10 classes and 5 schools. Participants were presented with cartoons depicting either a German or Turkish boy engaging in positive or negative behaviors with 5 alternative interpretations differing in language abstraction. The LEB refers to the general phenomenon of describing stereotypes more abstractly. The LIB is the tendency to use language abstraction for ingroup protective reasons. Results revealed an unmoderated LEB, whereas the LIB only occurred when foreigners were in the numerical majority, the classroom composition was perceived as a learning disadvantage, or the interethnic conflict frequency was high. It is concluded that these findings provide first evidence for the use of both LEB and LIB, important elements in stereotype development and expression, among adolescents in an interethnic classroom setting. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2026/3