Psycho-Social Predictors of Perceived Discrimination Among Adolescents of Immigrant Background

A Portuguese Study

Bibliographic Data

ID3664604
AuthorsFélix Neto (0000-0003-0112-880X)
Year2006
Volume32
Issue1
Pages89-109
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691830500335507
OpenAlexW2061131797
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited43

The aims of this study are to find out the degree of perceived discrimination among adolescents with an immigrant background in Portugal and the acculturation and psycho-social adjustment characteristics that influence the perception of ethnic discrimination. The study sample consisted of 313 adolescents from Angola, Cape Verde and India. Their mean age was 15 years and their mean duration of stay in Portugal was 8.2 years. Respondents were asked to complete a questionnaire with several measures, including demographic information, perceived discrimination, acculturation attitudes, language usage, in-group social interaction, ethnic identity, self-esteem, symptom outcomes, stressful experience adaptation, and behaviour problems. Adolescents from Cape Verde reported greater perceived discrimination than Angolans and Indians. Within each one of the four sets of variables taken into account (demographics, acculturation attitudes, intercultural contact and adaptation) significant predictors of perceived discrimination were found. The results indicate the importance of acculturation and psycho-social adjustment variables in the perception of discrimination. Keywords: AdolescentImmigrantPerceived DiscriminationPsycho-Social AdjustmentPortugal I am grateful to Russell King and two anonymous JEMS reviewers for their thoughtful comments on an earlier draft of this article. Notes 1. This paper is part of the project 'International Comparative Study of Ethnocultural Youth' (ICSEY) carried out in several Western countries. Members of the project group are (in alphabetical order of country): Australia (C. Fan and D. Sang); Canada (J. Berry and K. Kwak); France (C. Sabatier); Finland (K. Liebkind); Germany (P. Schmitz); Israel (G. Horenczyk); the Netherlands (F. van de Vijver and P. Vedder); Norway (D. Sam); Portugal (F. Neto); Sweden (E. Virta and C. Westin) and the USA (J. Phinney). 2. Although these reliabilities were moderate, factor analyses on data from eight countries participating in the ICSEY study, conducted by Fons van de Vijver in the Netherlands, resulted in unifactorial scales and show that the measures are comparable across countries and across ethnic groups. 3. Data collection was undertaken by two assistants, Ana Veríssimo Ferreira and Maria da Conceição Pinto. Additional informationNotes on contributorsFélix Neto Félix Neto is Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Porto

Acculturation · Cape verde · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Perception · Portuguese · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Demography · Social Psychology

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