Relations between Race/Ethnicity and Peer Relationships during Early Adolescence
Description
I investigated if race/ethnicity was associated with self- and peer-reported victimization and aggression in a sample of 5th through 8th graders (N = 383, 51% males) from two schools in which Hispanic/Latino students were the ethnic-racial majority. Self-reported victimization did not differ between races. In contrast, White students often had higher peer-reported victimization relative to Hispanic and Multi-racial students. Few significant associations were found for aggression. There was some, albeit inconsistent, support for the idea that power imbalance based on race/ethnicity is shifted by numbers. In the future, researchers should conduct studies aimed verifying this notion and that are tailored toward answering questions of mechanism.
Date Created
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2018-05
Agent
- Author (aut): Mitiku, Helen
- Thesis director: Wilkens, Natalie
- Committee member: Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah
- Committee member: White, Rebecca
- Contributor (ctb): School of Molecular Sciences
- Contributor (ctb): Department of Psychology
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College