title: Ethnic group preferences and the evaluation of ethnic identity among adolescents in The Netherlands.
abstract: The relationship between the evaluation of ethnic identity and ethnic group preferences among Dutch and that among ethnic minority adolescents was examined. It was predicted that a more positive attitude toward one's own ethnic identity would be associated with a higher level of ingroup preference. This prediction was confirmed, and this led to the question of how inter-ethnic relations and a positive ethnic identity could be stimulated simultaneously. Not only the ingroup aspect of ethnic group relations was studied but also the outgroup aspect. As members of the high-status group, the Dutch subjects showed a higher level of ingroup preference, compared with ethnic minorities. Also, own-group identification and own-group-oriented patterns of preferences among the Dutch subjects were found to be accompanied by the rejection of minority groups. No such tendency was found among adolescents from ethnic minorities.
authors.affiliation: Social Psychology Section, Department of Law, Erasmus University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verkuyten
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012933:Social Identification