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Self-concept and Anxiety in Immigrant Children

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ID8075587
AuthorsClaudia M Roebers (0000-0003-3048-7609, University of Würzburg, corresponding author), Wolfgang Schneider (0000-0002-1231-0597, University of Würzburg)
Year1999
Volume23
Issue1
Pages125-147
Publication date1999-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Behavioral Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-0254 • E-ISSN: 1464-0651
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/016502599384035
OpenAlexW2153641017
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited22

In a longitudinal study of acculturation in Germany, a total sample ( N 364) of immigrant and nonimmigrant elementary schoolchildren were tested in regard to achievement related personality variables, such as self-concept, anxiety, and peer relations. The participants belonged to one of four subgroups: (1) nonimmigrants from the Western region of Germany; (2) nonimmigrants from the Eastern region; (3) German-speaking immigrants from the former German Democratic Republic; and (4) immigrants with poor German language skills from the former USSR. Migration did not seem to lead to a global decrease of self-concept or to an increase of general anxiety. However, the immigrant children did differ in their self-concept in the German language and in test anxiety from the nonimmigrant children. The chosen parameters proved to be fairly stable over time in the German-speaking groups and in the immigrant group with poor German language skills, the self-concept was more stable with a longer stay in Germany. Overall, comparing the immigrants with the nonimmigrants: (a) an acceleration in the development of self-evaluations; and (b) an interruption in the gradual stabilisation of the personality became apparent

Acculturation · Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Foreign language anxiety · German · Immigration · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Personality · Political science · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2004 - 2022 (19)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11
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