Ethnic Identity Development and Acculturation Preferences Among Minority and Majority Youth: Norms and Contact

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, Mages = 12.47 and 12.80 years, res...

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Published in:Child development 2017-05, Vol.88 (3), p.743-760
Main Authors: González, Roberto, Kanacri, Bernadette P. Luengo, Lickel, Brian, Gupta, Manisha, Tropp, Linda R., Mora, Eduardo, De Tezanos-Pinto, Pablo, Berger, Christian, Valdenegro, Daniel, Cayul, Oscar, Miranda, Daniel, Saavedra, Patricio, Bernardino, Michelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adolescent
Child
Chile - ethnology
Cultural change
Ethnic identity
Ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology
Female
Group norms
Humans
Identity formation
Indians, South American - ethnology
Indigenous peoples
Intergroup contact
Intergroup relations
Male
Minority & ethnic groups
Racial identity
Social contact
Social Identification
Sociocultural factors
SPECIAL SECTION: CONTEXT AND ETHNIC/RACIAL IDENTITY
Youth
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Summary: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, Mages = 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.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12788