Connected and satisfied. The relationship between ethnic connectedness,life satisfaction and ethnic school composition among adolescents from nine ethnic groups |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Sociology Department, Research Group Tempus Omnia Revelat (TOR), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium;2. Universiteit Gent, Sociology Department, Research Group Cultural Diversity: Opportunities and Socialization (CuDOS), Korte Meer 3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium;1. Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Facultad de Educación, Economía y Tecnología de Ceuta, University of Granada, c/ Cortadura del valle s/n 51001 Ceuta, Spain;2. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de la Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada, Spain;3. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de la Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada, Spain;4. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de la Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada, Spain;1. Department of Sociology and Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS, 66506-4003, USA;2. Department of Sociology, Tel Aviv University, P.O. B 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel;1. University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States;2. Clark University, United States;3. Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey;1. Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynské luhy 4, Bratislava 82105, Slovak Republic;2. Mareena, Lazaretská 32, Bratislava 81109, Slovak Republic |
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| Abstract: | For young people with a migration background it has never been easier to create and maintain a bond with their country of origin (further: feelings of ethnic connectedness). Previous research has already revealed the importance of such feelings of ethnic connectedness for (young) people’s subjective well-being. In this study we investigate whether the relationship between the presence and the degree of ethnic connectedness and life satisfaction is moderated by the ethnic school composition. We study this relationship by performing multilevel analyses on 2091 adolescents (aged 14–18 years old) from nine different ethnic groups. Our results shed light on the importance of the ethnic composition of the school in two ways. First, the proportion of adolescents from one’s own ethnic group at school is related to higher life satisfaction. Second, the relationship between life satisfaction and the presence of ethnic connectedness is moderated by the extent to which schools are ethnically diverse. More specifically, ethnically diverse schools have a positive influence on the life satisfaction of young people who feel connected to their ethnic group, whereas ethnic diversity at school is negatively related to life satisfaction among young people who do not feel connected to their ethnic group. In the conclusion we elaborate on the implications of our findings. |
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| Keywords: | Ethnic identity Adolescence School context Life satisfaction Subjective well-being |
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