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- The study investigates the impact of ethnic peer crowds in American high schools, analyzing whether they promote discrimination and stereotyping or support minority youths' connections to their ethnic backgrounds.
- Using self- and peer ratings from 2,465 students aged 14-19, the research examines how African American, Asian American, Latino, and multiethnic adolescents associate with these ethnically defined crowds.
- Findings show that while crowd affiliations strengthen friendships and positively influence ethnic identity for Asian and Latino youth, they also reveal some negative effects like stereotyping and discrimination, particularly for Latinos.
Article Abstract
Because ethnicity is a basis for defining peer crowds in ethnically diverse American high schools, some may question whether crowds foster discrimination and stereotyping or affirm minority youths' positive ties to their ethnic background. Through examination of both self- and peer ratings of crowd affiliation among 2,465 high school youth aged 14-19 years, this study assesses the likelihood that African American, Asian American, Latino, and multiethnic adolescents are associated with ethnically defined crowds. Crowd affiliations are related to friendship patterns among all groups, positive features of ethnic orientation for Asian and Latino youth, but also some aspects of stereotyping and discrimination for Latinos. Results emphasize ethnic diversity in the role that peer crowds play in minority adolescents' social experiences.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01141.x | DOI Listing |
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