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Children's Cross‐Ethnic Relationships in Elementary Schools: Concurrent and Prospective Associations Between Ethnic Segregation and Social Status
Author(s) -
Wilson Travis M.,
Rodkin Philip C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12020
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , sociology , anthropology
This study examined whether ethnic segregation is concurrently (fall) and prospectively (fall to spring) associated with social status among 4th‐ and 5th‐grade A frican A merican and E uropean A merican children ( n = 713, ages 9–11 years). Segregation measures were (a) same‐ethnicity favoritism in peer affiliations and (b) cross‐ethnicity dislike. Social status measures were same‐ and cross‐ethnicity peer nominations of acceptance, rejection, and cool. Among A frican A mericans, fall segregation predicted declines in cross‐ethnicity ( E uropean A merican) acceptance and same‐ethnicity rejection, and increases in same‐ethnicity acceptance and perceived coolness. For E uropean A merican children, fall segregation predicted declines in cross‐ethnicity ( A frican A merican) acceptance and increases in cross‐ethnicity rejection. Results indicate that segregation induces asymmetric changes in social status for A frican A merican and E uropean A merican children.