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- Title
Friendship Preferences Among German and Turkish Preadolescents.
- Authors
Jugert, Philipp; Noack, Peter; Rutland, Adam
- 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.
- Subjects
GERMANY; INTERETHNIC friendship; PRETEENS; CHILDHOOD attitudes; PREFERENCES (Philosophy); FRIENDSHIP; STUDENTS; TURKISH students; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Child Development, 2011, Vol 82, Issue 3, p812
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01528.x