The relations of majority-minority group status and having an other-religion friend to Indonesian youths' socioemotional functioning.
In this study, the authors examined the relations of Indonesian adolescents' socioemotional functioning to their majority-minority status and the presence of cross-religion friendships and whether sex moderated these relations. At Time 1, 1,254 7th graders and their peers in Bandung, Indonesia, reported on their friendships, prosocial behavior, and peer likability; months later, a selected sample of 250 youths and their teachers and parents rated the youths' social functioning and (mal)adjustment. When controlling for socioeconomic status and initial sociometric status, girls were generally higher in measures of adjustment, whereas majority children were lower in externalizing problems and, for boys, loneliness. For minority children's social competence and prosocial behavior at school, there was evidence of a buffering effect of having a cross-religion friend.
Eisenberg
Nancy
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Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA. nancy.eisenberg@asu.edu
Sallquist
Julie
J
French
Doran C
DC
Purwono
Urip
U
Suryanti
Telie Ari
TA
Pidada
Sri
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires