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ERIC Number: EJ1000979
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-May
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0091-0627
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Xenophobia and Tolerance toward Immigrants in Adolescence: Cross-Influence Processes within Friendships
van Zalk, Maarten Herman Walter; Kerr, Magraret; van Zalk, Nejra; Stattin, Hakan
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, v41 n4 p627-639 May 2013
To what extent do adolescents and their friends socialize each others' attitudes toward immigrants? Can friends' positive attitudes toward immigrants counter adolescents' negative attitudes toward immigrants, and do friends' negative attitudes decrease adolescents' positive attitudes? These questions were examined by following a large (N = 1,472) friendship network of adolescents (49.2% girls; M[subscript age] = 13.31 at first measurement) across three annual measurements. Selection and influence processes regarding tolerance and xenophobia were distinguished with longitudinal social network analyses, controlling for effects of age, gender, and immigrant background. Findings showed that friends' tolerance predicted increases in adolescents' tolerance and friends' xenophobia predicted increases in adolescents' xenophobia. Moreover, friends' tolerance predicted a lower likelihood of adolescents' xenophobia increasing. The current results suggest that interventions should distinguish between tolerance and xenophobia, as these appear to represent two separate dimensions that are each influenced in specific ways by friends' tolerance and xenophobia.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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