Challenging the exclusion of immigrant peers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21462414
AutoresSally B Palmer (0000-0003-2198-2106, University of Exeter), Seçil Gönültaş (0000-0002-6002-9820, University of Exeter), Ayşe Şule Yüksel (0000-0002-9319-5497, University of Exeter), Eirini K Argyri (0000-0001-8456-1099, University of Exeter), Luke Mcguire (0000-0001-8178-7922, University of Exeter), Melanie Killen (0000-0002-6392-9373, University of Maryland, USA), Adam Rutland (0000-0002-4512-0976, University of Exeter, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen47
Número1
Páginas9-20
Fecha de publicación2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Behavioral Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0165-0254 • E-ISSN: 1464-0651
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/01650254221128275
PMID37064763
OpenAlexW4307641149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas44

The present study examined age-related differences in bystander reactions within the context of peer exclusion of national ingroup (British) and immigrant outgroup (Australian or Turkish) peers. The immigrant peers were from nations that varied in terms of their perceived intergroup status in Britain. Participants were British children ( n = 110, 8–11 years) and adolescents ( n = 193, 13–16 years) who were presented with one of three scenarios in which a British national, Australian immigrant, or Turkish immigrant peer was excluded by a British peer group. Participants indicated their bystander responses. Perceived similarity and bystander self-efficacy were examined as possible correlates of bystander reactions. Findings revealed that children were more likely to directly challenge the social exclusion when the excluded peer was British or Australian compared with when they were Turkish. In contrast, adolescents did not differentiate in their response—they were equally likely to directly challenge the exclusion regardless of the excluded peer’s nationality. Importantly, when the excluded peer was Turkish, moderated mediation analysis showed that, with age, there was higher bystander self-efficacy for challenging the exclusions. In turn, higher bystander self-efficacy was related to higher direct challenging. These novel findings demonstrate the importance of intergroup relations, perceived similarity, and bystander self-efficacy in the emergence of age-related differences in bystander reactions to the exclusion of immigrant peers

Bystander effect · Developmental psychology · Geography · Immigration · Mediation · Nationality · Peer group · Political science · Social exclusion · Sociology · Turkish · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology