scholarly journals Changes in Turkish- and resettler-origin adolescents’ acculturation profiles of identification: A three-year longitudinal study from Germany

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Jugert ◽  
Sebastian Pink ◽  
Fenella Fleischmann ◽  
Lars Leszczensky
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Latent Profile Analyses ◽  
Turkish Origin ◽  
National Identification ◽  
Latent Transition Analyses ◽  
Integrated Or ◽  
Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Little is known on how ethnic minority adolescents develop acculturation profiles of identification (e.g., integrated or separated). This 3-year longitudinal study first classified Turkish-origin (n = 344) and resettler-origin (n = 121) ethnic minority adolescents (M age = 14.2, SD = 1.54 , 51.6 % female) living in Germany according to their levels of ethnic and national identification. Latent profile analyses identified four profiles for the former and three profiles for the latter group. Latent transition analyses revealed considerable instability of class attributions. Integration declined among both groups while experiences of ethnic discrimination increased the likelihood to transition from the integrated to the separated profile only among Turkish-origin youth. While common, integration is also fragile.

scholarly journals Changes in Turkish- and Resettler-origin Adolescents’ Acculturation Profiles of Identification: A Three-year Longitudinal Study from Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2476-2494
Author(s):  
Philipp Jugert ◽  
Sebastian Pink ◽  
Fenella Fleischmann ◽  
Lars Leszczensky
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
National Identification ◽  
Perceived Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Integrated Or ◽  
Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Abstract Little is known on how ethnic minority adolescents develop acculturation profiles of identification (i.e., how they combine their ethnic and national identification, such as being high on both and thus rather “integrated” or high on ethnic and low on national and thus rather “separated”). In a first step, this 3-year longitudinal study classified Turkish (n = 344) and resettler-origin (n = 121) ethnic minority adolescents living in Germany (Mage = 14.2, SD = 1.54, 51.6% female) according to their levels of ethnic and national identification. Latent profile analyses identified four profiles (separated, integrated, medium-ethnic, low-ethnic) for the former and three profiles (separated, integrated, low-and-medium ethnic) for the latter group. Latent transition analyses revealed considerable instability of profile attributions over time. Integration declined among both groups and results provided no evidence that national group boundaries are more permeable for resettler-origin than for Turkish-origin adolescents. Additional analyses revealed that perceived ethnic discrimination affected the probability to be in a particular profile but did not moderate transition probabilities. Overall, results suggest that during early-to-mid adolescence it is increasingly difficult to uphold a dual identity.

scholarly journals Perceived Discrimination at School and Developmental Outcomes among Bai Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Self-Esteem and Ethnic Identity

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 657
Author(s):  
Lifen Zhao ◽  
Steven Sek-yum Ngai
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Perceived Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Behavioural Adjustment ◽  
Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Although discrimination is widely acknowledged to impair developmental outcomes among ethnic minority adolescents, literature differentiating discrimination based on personal characteristics and group membership is lacking, especially in Chinese contexts, and the mechanisms of those relationships remain unclear. In response, the study presented here examined whether self-esteem mediates the relationship between perceived academic discrimination and developmental outcomes among such ethnic minority adolescents, and whether ethnic identity mediates the relationship between perceived ethnic discrimination and developmental outcomes. Multistage cluster random sampling performed in Dali and Kunming, China, yielded a sample of 813 Bai adolescents whose data was analysed in structural equation modelling. The results indicate that perceived academic discrimination had a direct negative effect on adolescents’ mental health, while perceived ethnic discrimination had direct negative effects on their behavioural adjustment and social competence. Perceived academic discrimination also indirectly affected adolescents’ behavioural adjustment, mental health, and social competence via self-esteem, whereas perceived ethnic discrimination indirectly affected their behavioural adjustment and social competence via ethnic identity. These findings deepen current understandings of how perceived discrimination, self-esteem, and ethnic identity affect the developmental outcomes of ethnic minority adolescents and provide practical recommendations for policymakers and social workers to promote those outcomes in China.

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