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- Title
Ethnic-Racial Identity and Friendships in Early Adolescence.
- Authors
Rivas‐Drake, Deborah; Umaña‐Taylor, Adriana J.; Schaefer, David R.; Medina, Michael
- Abstract
The current study examined how adolescents' ethnic-racial identity (ERI) informed the demographic diversity of their friendship network (Goal 1) and the extent of similarity between adolescents' and their friends' ERI (Goal 2). Participants were sixth and seventh grade students (N = 353; Mage = 11.88, SD = .73; 50% girls; 29% African American, 31% White, 13% Latino) in the Midwestern U.S. Results from longitudinal cross-lagged models (Goal 1) indicated that having more diverse friendships at T2 was associated with greater T3 ERI exploration among all youth. In addition, boys who reported higher ERI resolution at T1 had more diverse friendships at T2. Furthermore, findings from longitudinal social network analyses (SNA; Goal 2) suggested that influence drove similarity between adolescents and their friends in ERI exploration and resolution.
- Subjects
MIDWEST (U.S.); UNITED States; ETHNICITY in children; ADOLESCENT friendships; RACE identity; DIVERSITY in education; MIDDLE school students; SOCIAL network analysis; DEMOGRAPHIC research; PSYCHOLOGY; ASIANS; ATTITUDE (Psychology); BLACK people; FRIENDSHIP; GROUP identity; HISPANIC Americans; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; WHITE people; AFFINITY groups
- Publication
Child Development, 2017, Vol 88, Issue 3, p710
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.12790