Identification with Multiple Groups in Multiethnic Middle Schools: What Predicts Social Ingroup Overlap?

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• 作者：Casey A. Knifsend ; Ariana N. Bell ; Jaana Juvonen
• 关键词：Ethnic identification ; Social identification ; Cross ; ethnic friendships ; Multiethnic schools
• 刊名：Journal of Youth and Adolescence
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：46
• 期：2
• 页码：317-327
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Child and School Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Health Psychology; Law and Psychology; History of Psychology; Psychology, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-6601
• 卷排序：46

文摘

Self-definition becomes a central task during early adolescence, as youth identify with multiple social groups. Focusing on ethnic identification and identification with other salient social ingroups (e.g., those based on extracurricular activities), we examined predictors of perceived ingroup membership overlap among ethnically diverse adolescents (n = 1264; M_age = 12.51; 53 % female). Social ingroup overlap remained relatively stable, but decreased, across the seventh to eighth grade. The number of cross-ethnic classmates in seventh grade predicted lower overlap in the eighth grade, and cross-ethnic friendships by eighth grade mediated this association. Findings underscore the opportunities provided by multiethnic middle schools for youth to connect and befriend one another across ethnic lines, as well as to foster divergent social identities that are associated with positive intergroup attitudes.