TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Influence on Ethnic-Racial Identity Development
T2 - A Multi-Site Investigation
AU - Santos, Carlos E.
AU - Kornienko, Olga
AU - Rivas-Drake, Deborah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - The peer context features prominently in theory, and increasingly in empirical research, about ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development, but no studies have assessed peer influence on ERI using methods designed to properly assess peer influence. We examined peer influence on ERI centrality, private, and public regard using longitudinal social network analysis. Data were drawn from two sites: a predominantly Latina/o Southwestern (SW) school (N = 1034; Mage = 12.10) and a diverse Midwestern (MW) school (N = 513; Mage = 11.99). Findings showed that peers influenced each other's public regard over time at both sites. However, peer influence on centrality was evident in the SW site, whereas peer influence on private regard was evident in the MW site. Importantly, peer influence was evident after controlling for selection effects. Our integration of developmental, contextual, and social network perspectives offers a fruitful approach to explicate how ERI content may shift in early adolescence as a function of peer influence.
AB - The peer context features prominently in theory, and increasingly in empirical research, about ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development, but no studies have assessed peer influence on ERI using methods designed to properly assess peer influence. We examined peer influence on ERI centrality, private, and public regard using longitudinal social network analysis. Data were drawn from two sites: a predominantly Latina/o Southwestern (SW) school (N = 1034; Mage = 12.10) and a diverse Midwestern (MW) school (N = 513; Mage = 11.99). Findings showed that peers influenced each other's public regard over time at both sites. However, peer influence on centrality was evident in the SW site, whereas peer influence on private regard was evident in the MW site. Importantly, peer influence was evident after controlling for selection effects. Our integration of developmental, contextual, and social network perspectives offers a fruitful approach to explicate how ERI content may shift in early adolescence as a function of peer influence.
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U2 - 10.1111/cdev.12789
DO - 10.1111/cdev.12789
M3 - Article
C2 - 28333366
AN - SCOPUS:85017130667
VL - 88
SP - 725
EP - 742
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
SN - 0009-3920
IS - 3
ER -