Immigrant Children's Peer Acceptance and Victimization in Kindergarten: The Role of Local Language Competence

Autor/inn/en	von Grunigen, Renate; Perren, Sonja; Nagele, Christof; Alsaker, Francoise D.
Titel	Immigrant Children's Peer Acceptance and Victimization in Kindergarten: The Role of Local Language Competence
Quelle	In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28 (2010) 3, S.679-697 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-510X
DOI	10.1348/026151009X470582
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Peer Acceptance; Victims of Crime; Immigrants; Peer Relationship; Bullying; Young Children; Comparative Analysis; Questionnaires; Language Proficiency; German; Ethnicity; Parents; Interaction; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Ausland; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Peer-Beziehungen; Mobbing; Frühe Kindheit; Fragebogen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Deutscher; Ethnizität; Eltern; Interaktion; Schweiz
Abstract	The study investigates peer acceptance and victimization of immigrant and Swiss children in kindergarten classes. Our first aim is to compare peer acceptance and victimization of Swiss and immigrant children. Secondly, we explore the role of their local language competences (LLCs). The sample was drawn from kindergartens in communities in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. A representative sample of 568 boys and 522 girls (mean age 5.8 years) took part in the research. Teachers completed questionnaires on children's victimization, bullying, and LLC. The nationality background of parents was indicated by teachers and parents. To assess peer acceptance, a peer nomination method was used. Immigrant children showed less acceptance by peers and were more often victimized than their Swiss peers. There was a significant interaction effect for LLC and national background of mothers, showing that LLC was positively associated with peer acceptance for children of an immigrant background but not for Swiss children. Furthermore, peer acceptance mediated the effect of national background of mothers on victimization. Results are discussed in terms of the need to improve immigrant children's LLC. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10