Psychological adjustment of ethnically victimized adolescents

Do teachers’ responses to ethnic victimization incidents matter

Bibliographic Data

ID8090929
AuthorsSevgi Bayram Özdemir (0000-0003-4568-2722, Örebro University, corresponding author), Metin Özdemir (0000-0003-2041-211X, Örebro University), A Elzinga, Anais Emma Elzinga (University of Amsterdam)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue6
Pages848-864
Publication date2021-01-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1740-5610 • E-ISSN: 1740-5629
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17405629.2021.1877131
OpenAlexW3128097789
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited23

The present study examined how teachers respond to ethnic-victimization, and whether teachers’ responses buffer the effect of such aversive encounters on immigrant youth’s psychological adjustment. The sample included youth of immigrant background residing in Sweden (N = 423; Mage = 13.19, SD = .51; 44% girls), and their head class teachers. Cluster analysis revealed three subgroups of teachers based on their responses to ethnic victimization: (1) high in enlisting parents; (2) high in initiating discussions with other teachers; (3) high in multiple forms of strategies (i.e., authority-based interventions, comforting and supporting the victim, contacting parents, and initiating discussions with other teachers). The effects of ethnic victimization on youth’s depressive symptoms and self-esteem were significantly lower when teachers used multiple forms of strategies than when teachers used collaborative actions or enlisted parents. The findings highlight the importance of approaching ethnic victimization as a multi-dimensional phenomenon, thereby accessing multiple actors so as better to combat aversive effects on the victim

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Immigration · Peer victimization · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Social Psychology