D Kisfalusi
Biographic Data
| ID | 35236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Kisfalusi |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kisfalusi |
| SIGNATURE | KISFALUSI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Social Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8609-0718 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Household Chores: Egalitarian Norms and Unequal Outcomes
School segregation, student achievement, and educational attainment in Hungary
Using large-scale administrative data from Hungary, we examine the effects of attending a high-poverty school in Grade 8 on academic achievement and later educational attainment, using a matching approach. We find that attending a high-poverty school is negatively associated with reading scores and secondary education attainment, while there is no significant association with math scores. Estimates are negative in the case of higher education enr…
Social Networks in Early Adolescence: Introduction to the Special Issue
Peer relations are increasingly important during early adolescence. Early adolescents spend considerable time among same-age others in school and during extracurricular activities. In these contexts, collective norms emerge, which guide behavior and determine how individuals can gain status and peer acceptance. Social networks shape young people’s attitudes, behavior, and identity development, while behavior and norms influence the dynamics of pe…
Discrimination in track recommendation but not in grading: Experimental evidence among primary school teachers in Hungary
This study examines discrimination in teacher assessments and track recommendations against Roma minority students in Hungary. We conducted a pre-registered randomized experiment among 413 primary school teachers. Participating teachers evaluated six mathematics or literacy and grammar tests with fictitious, randomized student names and recommended a high school track. Our results show mixed evidence for discrimination against Roma students: teac…
Are separate classrooms inherently unequal? The effect of within-school sorting on the socioeconomic test score gap in Hungary
This study investigates whether within-school sorting increases socioeconomic test score inequalities. Using universal test score data on 6 th - and 8 th -grade students in Hungary, we document the extent of within-school sorting in an institutional context where sorting based on ability or prior achievement is rare. We identify sorting schools as schools that systematically assign students with low and high socioeconomic status into different cl…
Are equally competent Roma-minority students perceived as less smart than their non-Roma classmates? Ethnic differences in teachers’ ability attributions
Purpose Teachers’ ability attributions play an important role in students’ educational outcomes. Perceptions of academic abilities, however, are subject to biases. This study aims to examine ethnic biases in homeroom teachers’ ability attributions in Hungarian primary schools. Design/methodology/approach Using a unique database combining survey data collected among teachers with administrative data on students’ standardised test scores, the autho…
Roma students’ academic self-assessment and educational aspirations in Hungarian primary schools
Using a unique database from Hungarian primary schools, this study investigates whether academic self-assessment and educational aspirations differ between Roma minority and non-Roma majority students with similar cognitive skills and abilities. I find that Roma students have lower self-assessment, on average, than their non-Roma classmates with similar competences. In addition, although there are no ethnic differences in educational aspirations …
Nehezen elérhető csoportok és szegregáció vizsgálata a hálózati méretgenerátor módszerével: Egy magyarországi vizsgálat tanulságai
Jelen tanulmányban empirikus, leíró elemzését adjuk a magyar társadalom kapcsolathálózati jellemzőinek, valamint módszertani szempontból értékeljük a méretgenerátoros technikával adott becslések pontosságát a társadalmi csoportok méretére és szegregáltságára vonatkozóan. Egy 7000 fős magyarországi reprezentatív kérdőíves felmérés (HS2021) adatai alapján megbecsüljük a válaszadók kapcsolathálójának átlagos méretét. Ezt követően vizsgáljuk, hogy a …
How dislike and bullying co‐develop: A longitudinal study of negative relationships among children
This study investigates the network mechanisms underlying the co‐development of two types of negative relationships: dislike relationships, and victim‐bully relationships among children. Longitudinal data on school‐level networks of 15 Dutch primary schools ( N = 2175; M age (T1) = 10; 51% male) were analyzed with stochastic actor‐oriented models. Evidence was found for mutual reinforcement between dislike and bullying/victimization. Disliked chi…
More than one's negative ties: The role of friends' antipathies in high school gossip
Gossip is universal, and multiple studies have demonstrated that it can have beneficial group-level outcomes when negative reports help identify defectors or norm-violators. Gossip, however, seldom happens in a social vacuum. Instead, it is enmeshed in a fabric of positive and negative relationships that creates opportunities, constraints, and also motives to gossip. This article studies the importance of friendships and antipathies among the thr…
Crossing ethnic boundaries? A social network investigation of defending relationships in schools
Prosocial peer relationships, such as defending against victimization, are beneficial for integration. Using the concept of multiple categorization, this study considers the extent to which similarity in gender, being in the same classroom, and similarity in network position regarding bullying or victimization contributes to the formation of cross-ethnic defending relationships among children. Longitudinal social network models were applied to co…
Political homophily in cultural reputational networks
The cultural field is characterised by constant struggles for recognition, because resource allocation depends on the reputation of cultural actors. Using a logistic regression quadratic assignment procedure (LRQAP), we first identify the existence and pattern of political homophily in the distribution of cultural reputation. Then, we use interview data to reveal the potential mechanisms that underlie the association between political homophily a…
Grading in Hungarian Primary Schools: Mechanisms of Ethnic Discrimination against Roma Students
The present study aims to shed light on the mechanisms of ethnic discrimination in teacher assessments in Hungarian primary schools. For this purpose, we use data collected among Roma minority and non-Roma majority students. First, we identify a considerable ethnic difference in non-blind school grades, which is beyond the ethnic difference in blind standardized test scores. Then, we derive and empirically test predictions from different theories…
Multidimensional similarity in multiplex networks: Friendships Between Same- And Cross-Gender Bullies and Same- And Cross-Gender Victims
Similar peers are more likely to become friends, but it remains unclear how the combination of multiple characteristics, known as multidimensional similarity, influences friendships. This study aimed to investigate whether similarity in gender (attribute) and bullying or victimization (network position) contributes to friendships. The school-level networks of friendships and victim-bully relationships in 17 Dutch elementary schools (2,130 student…
A pletyka és a reputáció összefüggései középiskolai osztályközösségekben
A kamaszok körében tapasztalható intenzív státuszverseny egyik gyakori velejárója a pletykálkodás, amit a fiatalok gyakran használnak eszközként a csoporton belüli magasabb státusz elérésére. Ha valakiről sok negatív pletyka terjed, az előbb vagy utóbb veszít megbecsültségéből. Az alacsony megbecsültséggel rendelkező kamaszokról továbbá egyre több negatív pletyka terjedhet el. Ugyanakkor a gyakori pletykálás is vezethet alacsonyabb megbecsültségh…
Az exponenciális random gráf modellek bemutatása: Egy iskolai osztály baráti hálózatának modellezése
Az exponenciális random gráf modellek (ERGM) olyan statisztikai modellek, melyek társadalmi kapcsolathálók elemzésére alkalmasak. A széles körben ismert regressziós technikák (pl. logisztikus regresszió) nem alkalmasak a kapcsolatok egymástól való függőségének figyelembevételére, mivel a megfigyelési egységek között függetlenséget tételeznek fel. A társadalmi kapcsolathálók jelölései azonban nem függetlenek egymástól, és az ERG-modellek képesek a…
Bullying and victimization among majority and minority students: The role of peers’ ethnic perceptions
Ethnic classification among secondary school teachers and students in Hungary
This study focuses on ethnic classification among secondary school teachers and Roma and non-Roma Hungarian secondary school students. It is expected that students living under better socio-economic circumstances are less likely to be classified as Roma by their classmates and teachers than students with a poorer socio-economic background. It is also assumed that students having more Roma friends are more likely to be classified as Roma than stud…
Double Standards or Social Identity? The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Ability Perceptions in the Classroom
This study aims at disentangling the effects of status generalization and social identity processes on ability perceptions among early adolescents. Double standards theory predicts that people use different standards for making inferences about others’ abilities based on social status. Social identity processes, however, imply that people evaluate in-group members more positively than out-group members. We analyze cross-sectional dyadic peer nomi…
The quality of inter- and intra-ethnic friendships among roma and non-roma students in Hungary
In this paper I compare the quality of inter- and intra-ethnic friendships. Findings of previous studies suggest that interethnic friendships are less likely to be characterized by closeness and intimacy than friendships among same-ethnic peers. I analyze data of a Hungarian panel study conducted among Roma and non-Roma Hungarian secondary school students. Descriptive analysis of 13 classes shows that interethnic friendships are indeed less often…
Multidimensional similarity in multiplex networks: Friendships Between Same- And Cross-Gender Bullies and Same- And Cross-Gender Victims
Similar peers are more likely to become friends, but it remains unclear how the combination of multiple characteristics, known as multidimensional similarity, influences friendships. This study aimed to investigate whether similarity in gender (attribute) and bullying or victimization (network position) contributes to friendships. The school-level networks of friendships and victim-bully relationships in 17 Dutch elementary schools (2,130 student…
Double Standards or Social Identity? The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Ability Perceptions in the Classroom
This study aims at disentangling the effects of status generalization and social identity processes on ability perceptions among early adolescents. Double standards theory predicts that people use different standards for making inferences about others’ abilities based on social status. Social identity processes, however, imply that people evaluate in-group members more positively than out-group members. We analyze cross-sectional dyadic peer nomi…
Grading in Hungarian Primary Schools: Mechanisms of Ethnic Discrimination against Roma Students
The present study aims to shed light on the mechanisms of ethnic discrimination in teacher assessments in Hungarian primary schools. For this purpose, we use data collected among Roma minority and non-Roma majority students. First, we identify a considerable ethnic difference in non-blind school grades, which is beyond the ethnic difference in blind standardized test scores. Then, we derive and empirically test predictions from different theories…
How dislike and bullying co‐develop: A longitudinal study of negative relationships among children
This study investigates the network mechanisms underlying the co‐development of two types of negative relationships: dislike relationships, and victim‐bully relationships among children. Longitudinal data on school‐level networks of 15 Dutch primary schools ( N = 2175; M age (T1) = 10; 51% male) were analyzed with stochastic actor‐oriented models. Evidence was found for mutual reinforcement between dislike and bullying/victimization. Disliked chi…
School segregation, student achievement, and educational attainment in Hungary
Using large-scale administrative data from Hungary, we examine the effects of attending a high-poverty school in Grade 8 on academic achievement and later educational attainment, using a matching approach. We find that attending a high-poverty school is negatively associated with reading scores and secondary education attainment, while there is no significant association with math scores. Estimates are negative in the case of higher education enr…
More than one's negative ties: The role of friends' antipathies in high school gossip
Gossip is universal, and multiple studies have demonstrated that it can have beneficial group-level outcomes when negative reports help identify defectors or norm-violators. Gossip, however, seldom happens in a social vacuum. Instead, it is enmeshed in a fabric of positive and negative relationships that creates opportunities, constraints, and also motives to gossip. This article studies the importance of friendships and antipathies among the thr…
Crossing ethnic boundaries? A social network investigation of defending relationships in schools
Prosocial peer relationships, such as defending against victimization, are beneficial for integration. Using the concept of multiple categorization, this study considers the extent to which similarity in gender, being in the same classroom, and similarity in network position regarding bullying or victimization contributes to the formation of cross-ethnic defending relationships among children. Longitudinal social network models were applied to co…
Discrimination in track recommendation but not in grading: Experimental evidence among primary school teachers in Hungary
This study examines discrimination in teacher assessments and track recommendations against Roma minority students in Hungary. We conducted a pre-registered randomized experiment among 413 primary school teachers. Participating teachers evaluated six mathematics or literacy and grammar tests with fictitious, randomized student names and recommended a high school track. Our results show mixed evidence for discrimination against Roma students: teac…
Roma students’ academic self-assessment and educational aspirations in Hungarian primary schools
Using a unique database from Hungarian primary schools, this study investigates whether academic self-assessment and educational aspirations differ between Roma minority and non-Roma majority students with similar cognitive skills and abilities. I find that Roma students have lower self-assessment, on average, than their non-Roma classmates with similar competences. In addition, although there are no ethnic differences in educational aspirations …
The quality of inter- and intra-ethnic friendships among roma and non-roma students in Hungary
In this paper I compare the quality of inter- and intra-ethnic friendships. Findings of previous studies suggest that interethnic friendships are less likely to be characterized by closeness and intimacy than friendships among same-ethnic peers. I analyze data of a Hungarian panel study conducted among Roma and non-Roma Hungarian secondary school students. Descriptive analysis of 13 classes shows that interethnic friendships are indeed less often…
The quality of inter- and intra-ethnic friendships among roma and non-roma students in Hungary
In this paper I compare the quality of inter- and intra-ethnic friendships. Findings of previous studies suggest that interethnic friendships are less likely to be characterized by closeness and intimacy than friendships among same-ethnic peers. I analyze data of a Hungarian panel study conducted among Roma and non-Roma Hungarian secondary school students. Descriptive analysis of 13 classes shows that interethnic friendships are indeed less often…
A pletyka és a reputáció összefüggései középiskolai osztályközösségekben
A kamaszok körében tapasztalható intenzív státuszverseny egyik gyakori velejárója a pletykálkodás, amit a fiatalok gyakran használnak eszközként a csoporton belüli magasabb státusz elérésére. Ha valakiről sok negatív pletyka terjed, az előbb vagy utóbb veszít megbecsültségéből. Az alacsony megbecsültséggel rendelkező kamaszokról továbbá egyre több negatív pletyka terjedhet el. Ugyanakkor a gyakori pletykálás is vezethet alacsonyabb megbecsültségh…
Az exponenciális random gráf modellek bemutatása: Egy iskolai osztály baráti hálózatának modellezése
Az exponenciális random gráf modellek (ERGM) olyan statisztikai modellek, melyek társadalmi kapcsolathálók elemzésére alkalmasak. A széles körben ismert regressziós technikák (pl. logisztikus regresszió) nem alkalmasak a kapcsolatok egymástól való függőségének figyelembevételére, mivel a megfigyelési egységek között függetlenséget tételeznek fel. A társadalmi kapcsolathálók jelölései azonban nem függetlenek egymástól, és az ERG-modellek képesek a…
Bullying and victimization among majority and minority students: The role of peers’ ethnic perceptions
Ethnic classification among secondary school teachers and students in Hungary
This study focuses on ethnic classification among secondary school teachers and Roma and non-Roma Hungarian secondary school students. It is expected that students living under better socio-economic circumstances are less likely to be classified as Roma by their classmates and teachers than students with a poorer socio-economic background. It is also assumed that students having more Roma friends are more likely to be classified as Roma than stud…
Double Standards or Social Identity? The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Ability Perceptions in the Classroom
This study aims at disentangling the effects of status generalization and social identity processes on ability perceptions among early adolescents. Double standards theory predicts that people use different standards for making inferences about others’ abilities based on social status. Social identity processes, however, imply that people evaluate in-group members more positively than out-group members. We analyze cross-sectional dyadic peer nomi…
Multidimensional similarity in multiplex networks: Friendships Between Same- And Cross-Gender Bullies and Same- And Cross-Gender Victims
Similar peers are more likely to become friends, but it remains unclear how the combination of multiple characteristics, known as multidimensional similarity, influences friendships. This study aimed to investigate whether similarity in gender (attribute) and bullying or victimization (network position) contributes to friendships. The school-level networks of friendships and victim-bully relationships in 17 Dutch elementary schools (2,130 student…
Crossing ethnic boundaries? A social network investigation of defending relationships in schools
Prosocial peer relationships, such as defending against victimization, are beneficial for integration. Using the concept of multiple categorization, this study considers the extent to which similarity in gender, being in the same classroom, and similarity in network position regarding bullying or victimization contributes to the formation of cross-ethnic defending relationships among children. Longitudinal social network models were applied to co…
Political homophily in cultural reputational networks
The cultural field is characterised by constant struggles for recognition, because resource allocation depends on the reputation of cultural actors. Using a logistic regression quadratic assignment procedure (LRQAP), we first identify the existence and pattern of political homophily in the distribution of cultural reputation. Then, we use interview data to reveal the potential mechanisms that underlie the association between political homophily a…
Grading in Hungarian Primary Schools: Mechanisms of Ethnic Discrimination against Roma Students
The present study aims to shed light on the mechanisms of ethnic discrimination in teacher assessments in Hungarian primary schools. For this purpose, we use data collected among Roma minority and non-Roma majority students. First, we identify a considerable ethnic difference in non-blind school grades, which is beyond the ethnic difference in blind standardized test scores. Then, we derive and empirically test predictions from different theories…
Nehezen elérhető csoportok és szegregáció vizsgálata a hálózati méretgenerátor módszerével: Egy magyarországi vizsgálat tanulságai
Jelen tanulmányban empirikus, leíró elemzését adjuk a magyar társadalom kapcsolathálózati jellemzőinek, valamint módszertani szempontból értékeljük a méretgenerátoros technikával adott becslések pontosságát a társadalmi csoportok méretére és szegregáltságára vonatkozóan. Egy 7000 fős magyarországi reprezentatív kérdőíves felmérés (HS2021) adatai alapján megbecsüljük a válaszadók kapcsolathálójának átlagos méretét. Ezt követően vizsgáljuk, hogy a …
How dislike and bullying co‐develop: A longitudinal study of negative relationships among children
This study investigates the network mechanisms underlying the co‐development of two types of negative relationships: dislike relationships, and victim‐bully relationships among children. Longitudinal data on school‐level networks of 15 Dutch primary schools ( N = 2175; M age (T1) = 10; 51% male) were analyzed with stochastic actor‐oriented models. Evidence was found for mutual reinforcement between dislike and bullying/victimization. Disliked chi…
More than one's negative ties: The role of friends' antipathies in high school gossip
Gossip is universal, and multiple studies have demonstrated that it can have beneficial group-level outcomes when negative reports help identify defectors or norm-violators. Gossip, however, seldom happens in a social vacuum. Instead, it is enmeshed in a fabric of positive and negative relationships that creates opportunities, constraints, and also motives to gossip. This article studies the importance of friendships and antipathies among the thr…
Are equally competent Roma-minority students perceived as less smart than their non-Roma classmates? Ethnic differences in teachers’ ability attributions
Purpose Teachers’ ability attributions play an important role in students’ educational outcomes. Perceptions of academic abilities, however, are subject to biases. This study aims to examine ethnic biases in homeroom teachers’ ability attributions in Hungarian primary schools. Design/methodology/approach Using a unique database combining survey data collected among teachers with administrative data on students’ standardised test scores, the autho…
Roma students’ academic self-assessment and educational aspirations in Hungarian primary schools
Using a unique database from Hungarian primary schools, this study investigates whether academic self-assessment and educational aspirations differ between Roma minority and non-Roma majority students with similar cognitive skills and abilities. I find that Roma students have lower self-assessment, on average, than their non-Roma classmates with similar competences. In addition, although there are no ethnic differences in educational aspirations …
Are separate classrooms inherently unequal? The effect of within-school sorting on the socioeconomic test score gap in Hungary
This study investigates whether within-school sorting increases socioeconomic test score inequalities. Using universal test score data on 6 th - and 8 th -grade students in Hungary, we document the extent of within-school sorting in an institutional context where sorting based on ability or prior achievement is rare. We identify sorting schools as schools that systematically assign students with low and high socioeconomic status into different cl…
Social Networks in Early Adolescence: Introduction to the Special Issue
Peer relations are increasingly important during early adolescence. Early adolescents spend considerable time among same-age others in school and during extracurricular activities. In these contexts, collective norms emerge, which guide behavior and determine how individuals can gain status and peer acceptance. Social networks shape young people’s attitudes, behavior, and identity development, while behavior and norms influence the dynamics of pe…
Discrimination in track recommendation but not in grading: Experimental evidence among primary school teachers in Hungary
This study examines discrimination in teacher assessments and track recommendations against Roma minority students in Hungary. We conducted a pre-registered randomized experiment among 413 primary school teachers. Participating teachers evaluated six mathematics or literacy and grammar tests with fictitious, randomized student names and recommended a high school track. Our results show mixed evidence for discrimination against Roma students: teac…
Household Chores: Egalitarian Norms and Unequal Outcomes
School segregation, student achievement, and educational attainment in Hungary
Using large-scale administrative data from Hungary, we examine the effects of attending a high-poverty school in Grade 8 on academic achievement and later educational attainment, using a matching approach. We find that attending a high-poverty school is negatively associated with reading scores and secondary education attainment, while there is no significant association with math scores. Estimates are negative in the case of higher education enr…
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Mathematics (5 works)