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
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39 (2015) 3, S.197-209 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025414567008
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Migrant Children; Adolescent Attitudes; Longitudinal Studies; Predictor Variables; Developmental Tasks; Peer Acceptance; Peer Relationship; High School Students; Racial Discrimination; Sociometric Techniques; Preferences; Social Attitudes; Ethnic Stereotypes; Socioeconomic Influences; Ethnic Groups; Foreign Countries; Structural Equation Models; Statistical Analysis; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Prädiktor; Entwicklungsaufgabe; Peer-Beziehungen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Racial bias; Rassismus; Soziometrie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Ethnie; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Griechenland
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. We studied the role of a major developmental task in adolescence that is highly relevant for discrimination experiences: being liked by peers. We followed N = 532 13-year old immigrant students (n = 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. We applied a sociometric method to asses peer preference and we assessed self-perceived preference. 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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01