ERIC Number: EJ1363277
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1740-5629
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Psychological Adjustment of Ethnically Victimized Adolescents: Do Teachers' Responses to Ethnic Victimization Incidents Matter?
Bayram Özdemir, Sevgi; Özdemir, Metin; Elzinga, Anais Emma
European Journal of Developmental Psychology, v18 n6 p848-864 2021
The present study examined how teachers respond to ethnic-victimization, and whether teachers' responses buffer the effect of such aversive encounters on immigrant youth's psychological adjustment. The sample included youth of immigrant background residing in Sweden (N = 423; M[subscript age] = 13.19, SD = 0.51; 44% girls), and their head class teachers. Cluster analysis revealed three subgroups of teachers based on their responses to ethnic victimization: (1) high in enlisting parents; (2) high in initiating discussions with other teachers; (3) high in multiple forms of strategies (i.e., authority-based interventions, comforting and supporting the victim, contacting parents, and initiating discussions with other teachers). The effects of ethnic victimization on youth's depressive symptoms and self-esteem were significantly lower when teachers used multiple forms of strategies than when teachers used collaborative actions or enlisted parents. The findings highlight the importance of approaching ethnic victimization as a multi-dimensional phenomenon, thereby accessing multiple actors so as better to combat aversive effects on the victim.
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Self Esteem, Victims, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Teacher Student Relationship, Immigrants, Emotional Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Peer Relationship, Intervention, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Collaboration, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Self Concept Measures, Teacher Role, Measures (Individuals), Bullying
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
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