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Social Inclusion of Refugee and Native Peers Among Adolescents: It is the Language that Matters!
Author(s) -
Beißert Hanna,
Gönültaş Seçil,
Mulvey Kelly Lynn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12518
Subject(s) - german , inclusion (mineral) , refugee , psychology , inclusion–exclusion principle , developmental psychology , syrian refugees , social exclusion , social psychology , political science , linguistics , philosophy , politics , law
This study investigated the role of refugee status and language skills for adolescents’ inclusion or exclusion decisions in hypothetical intergroup scenarios. 100 German adolescents (Mage = 13.65 years, SD = 1.93) were presented three scenarios in which groups of adolescents are planning leisure time activities, and peers from their own country (Germany) versus another country (Syrian refugees) with either good or bad German skills want to join them. Whereas adolescents’ inclusion decisions did not differ between the German protagonist and the Syrian one with good German skills, the Syrian protagonist with bad German skills was less likely to be included than either of the other two. These findings have implications for understanding the role of language in adolescents’ inclusion decisions.