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Ethnic Identity Development and Acculturation Preferences Among Minority and Majority Youth: Norms and Contact
Author(s) -
González Roberto,
Lickel Brian,
Gupta Manisha,
Tropp Linda R.,
Luengo Kanacri Bernadette P.,
Mora Eduardo,
De TezanosPinto Pablo,
Berger Christian,
Valdenegro Daniel,
Cayul Oscar,
Miranda Daniel,
Saavedra Patricio,
Bernardino Michelle
Publication year - 2017
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.12788
Subject(s) - acculturation , indigenous , ethnic group , psychology , identity (music) , immigration , longitudinal study , indigenous culture , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , anthropology , geography , ecology , statistics , physics , mathematics , archaeology , acoustics , biology
This article tests a longitudinal model of the antecedents and consequences of changes in identification with indigenous (Mapuche) among indigenous and nonindigenous youth in Chilean school contexts over a 6‐month period (633 nonindigenous and 270 Mapuche students, M ages = 12.47 and 12.80 years, respectively). Results revealed that in‐group norms supporting contact and quality of intergroup contact at Time 1 predicted student's changes in Mapuche identification at Time 2, which in turn predicted changes in support for adoption of Chilean culture and maintenance of Mapuche culture at Time 2; some of the relationships between these variables were found to be moderated by age and ethnicity. Conceptual and policy implications are addressed in the Discussion.