Friendship preferences among German and Turkish preadolescents |
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Authors: | Jugert Philipp Noack Peter Rutland Adam |
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Institution: | Department of Educational Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 27, Jena, Germany. philipp.jugert@uni-jena.de |
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Abstract: | This study examined changes in and predictors of preference for same-ethnic friendships among German (N=106) and Turkish (N=45) preadolescents (M age=10.4 years) during their 1st year in an ethnically heterogeneous school. Drawing on the contact hypothesis, it examined the relation between children's attitudes and their preference for same-ethnic friendship. Among both German and Turkish children, the latter decreased over time and its variability was predicted by intergroup attitudes and peer norms about cross-ethnic friendships. Outgroup orientation and perceived contact conditions predicted only German children's preference for same-ethnic friendships. Over time, classroom identification increasingly reduced preference for same-ethnic friendships among Turkish children. The results showed that interindividual attitudes were related to children's level of intergroup contact. |
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