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Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 1/2018

07-08-2017 | Empirical Research

Mismatches in Self-Reported and Meta-Perceived Ethnic Identification across the High School Years

Auteurs: Adrienne Nishina, Amy Bellmore, Melissa R. Witkow, Karen Nylund-Gibson, Sandra Graham

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2018

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Abstract

Ethnic identification (i.e., one’s self-reported ethnicity) is a social construction and therefore subject to misperceptions by others. When adolescents’ self-views and others’ perceptions are not aligned, adolescents may experience adjustment challenges. The present study examined mismatches between adolescents’ ethnic identification (i.e., self-reported ethnicity) and meta-perceptions (i.e., what ethnicity they believed their schoolmates presumed them to be), as well as longitudinal associations between mismatches and adjustment across the high school years. Participants (Mage = 14.5; 57% girls) were an ethnically diverse sample of 1151 low-income high school students who had participated in an earlier longitudinal study during middle school. Although ethnic identification was largely consistent across the high school years, many students (46%) experienced at least occasional mismatches between their self-reported ethnic identification and meta-perceptions, with students who ever identified as multiethnic experiencing more mismatches than their monoethnic counterparts. Experiencing a mismatch was associated with more depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, and lower self-worth.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Mismatches in Self-Reported and Meta-Perceived Ethnic Identification across the High School Years
Auteurs
Adrienne Nishina
Amy Bellmore
Melissa R. Witkow
Karen Nylund-Gibson
Sandra Graham
Publicatiedatum
07-08-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0726-0

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