ERIC Number: EJ756159
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Mar
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Social Identities and Intergroup Bias in Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Children
Pfeifer, Jennifer H.; Rubble, Diane N.; Bachman, Meredith A.; Alvarez, Jeannette M.; Cameron, Jessica A.; Fuligni, Andrew J.
Developmental Psychology, v43 n2 p496-507 Mar 2007
Ethnic and American identity, as well as positivity and negativity toward multiple social groups, were assessed in 392 children attending 2nd or 4th grade in various New York City neighborhoods. Children from 5 ethnic groups were recruited, including White and Black Americans, as well as recent immigrants from China, the Dominican Republic, and the former Soviet Union. For ethnic minority children, greater positivity bias (evaluating one's ingroup more positively than outgroups) was predicted by immigrant status and ethnic identity, whereas negativity bias (evaluating outgroups more negatively than one's ingroup) was associated with increased age, immigrant status, and (among 4th graders only) ethnic identity. In addition, a more central American identity was associated with less intergroup bias among ethnic minority children.
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 4, Ethnicity, Immigrants, Minority Group Children, Children, Whites, African Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans, Ethnic Groups, Age Differences, Social Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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