1. The relation between ethnic classroom composition and adolescents’ ethnic pride
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Leszczensky, Lars, Flache, Andreas, Stark, Tobias H., Munniksma, Anke, Leerstoel Verkuijten, Migration, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Relation, Sociology/ICS, Leerstoel Verkuijten, Migration, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Relation, and Educational Sciences (RICDE, FMG)
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ethnic composition ,Cultural Studies ,BY-PRODUCT ,Pride ,RACIAL IDENTITY ,Sociology and Political Science ,Social Psychology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,optimal distinctiveness theory ,Ethnic group ,050109 social psychology ,LATINO ADOLESCENTS ,FRIENDSHIPS ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Cultural diversity ,Taverne ,SEGREGATION ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,adolescents ,SOCIAL IDENTITY ,Social identity theory ,Composition (language) ,media_common ,OPTIMAL DISTINCTIVENESS ,OUTGROUP ATTITUDES ,IDENTIFICATION ,Communication ,CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ,05 social sciences ,Ethnic majority ,Ethnic composition ,ethnic diversity ,Optimal distinctiveness theory ,ethnic identity ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,050104 developmental & child psychology - Abstract
This study investigated how students’ ethnic pride was related to variation in ethnic composition between classrooms as well as within the same classroom over time. Predictions derived from optimal distinctiveness theory (ODT) were tested among 13- to 14-year-old ethnic majority and minority students ( N = 1,123). Lending support to ODT, a curvilinear relation between the share of same-ethnicity classmates and students’ ethnic pride was found in a cross-sectional analysis, with ethnic pride peaking in classrooms with approximately 50% same-ethnicity classmates. In line with ODT, longitudinal analyses revealed ethnic pride decreased for students who moved away from a share of 50% same-ethnicity classmates. Contrary to ODT, however, ethnic pride also decreased for students who moved closer to this point of optimal distinctiveness.
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- 2017
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