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Perceived Peer and Parent Out‐Group Norms, Cultural Identity, and Adolescents’ Reasoning About Peer Intergroup Exclusion
Author(s) -
Brenick Alaina,
Romano Kelly
Publication year - 2016
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.12594
Subject(s) - psychology , peer group , social psychology , developmental psychology , peer acceptance , identity (music) , peer relations , acoustics , physics
Cultural group identity and group norms are significantly related to social exclusion evaluations (Bennett, [Bennett, M., 2014]). This study examined 241 Jewish‐American mid ( M = 14.18 years, SD = 0.42) to late ( M = 17.21 years, SD = 0.43; M ageTOTAL = 15.54 years, SD = 1.57) adolescents’ cultural identities and contextually salient perceived group norms in relation to their evaluations of Arab‐American inclusion and exclusion across two contexts (peers vs. family at home). Results suggest that perceived group norms are related to the context in which they are applied: parents in the home and peers in the peer context. Peers remained a significant source of perceived group norms in the home context. Significant interactions emerged between perceived parent group norms and cultural identity. Findings highlight the need to address group‐specific norms by context to ensure maximum effectiveness for intergroup interventions.