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Adolescents' Engagement in Ethnic Harassment: Prejudiced Beliefs in Social Networks and Classroom Ethnic Diversity
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. (Center for Developmental Research)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4568-2722
Baltimore County, University of Maryland, Baltimore MD, USA.
National University of Ostroh Academy, Ostroh, Ukraine.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. (Center for Developmental Research)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7009-5955
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2018 (English)In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, ISSN 0047-2891, E-ISSN 1573-6601, Vol. 47, no 6, p. 1151-1163Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Research on ethnic victimization to date has done little to identify the reasons why adolescents victimize their peers due to their ethnic background. To address this limitation, we examined: (1) the extent to which prejudiced attitudes within adolescents' close and larger social networks determine their engagement in ethnic harassment, and (2) the extent to which classroom ethnic diversity plays a role in any such link. Our sample included 902 Swedish adolescents (M age  = 14.40, SD = .95; 50.3% girls). We found that Swedish adolescents who held negative attitudes toward immigrants or who were surrounded by prejudiced peers were more likely to be involved in ethnic harassment, particularly in classrooms with high ethnic diversity. Adolescents in classrooms with a high anti-immigrant climate were more likely to harass their immigrant peers. These findings suggest that prejudiced beliefs in youth social networks put young people at risk of engaging in ethnic harassment, particularly in ethnically diverse classrooms.

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Springer, 2018. Vol. 47, no 6, p. 1151-1163
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Social Work Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-64044DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0795-0ISI: 000431400400002PubMedID: 29294224Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85039864223OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-64044DiVA, id: diva2:1173446
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 201500282Available from: 2018-01-12 Created: 2018-01-12 Last updated: 2018-09-16Bibliographically approved

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