Ethnic-Racial Identity and Friendships in Early Adolescence

Deborah Rivas-Drake; Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor; David R. Schaefer; Michael Medina

doi:10.1111/cdev.12790

Ethnic-Racial Identity and Friendships in Early Adolescence

Deborah Rivas-Drake, Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, David R. Schaefer, Michael Medina

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The current study examined how adolescents' ethnic-racial identity (ERI) informed the demographic diversity of their friendship network (Goal 1) and the extent of similarity between adolescents' and their friends' ERI (Goal 2). Participants were sixth and seventh grade students (N = 353; M_age = 11.88, SD =.73; 50% girls; 29% African American, 31% White, 13% Latino) in the Midwestern U.S. Results from longitudinal cross-lagged models (Goal 1) indicated that having more diverse friendships at T2 was associated with greater T3 ERI exploration among all youth. In addition, boys who reported higher ERI resolution at T1 had more diverse friendships at T2. Furthermore, findings from longitudinal social network analyses (SNA; Goal 2) suggested that influence drove similarity between adolescents and their friends in ERI exploration and resolution.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	710-724
Number of pages	15
Journal	Child development
Volume	88
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12790
State	Published - May 1 2017

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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