Adolescents’ own and parental expectations for cross‐group friendship in the context of societal inequalities
Open Access
- 11 December 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Social Issues
- Vol. 77 (4), 1188-1212
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12484
Abstract
This study investigated adolescents’ expectations about friendships between peers from different socioeconomic status (SES) in Nepal. Overall, Nepalese adolescents (N = 389, Mage = 14.08; grades: 7–10) attributed more negative intentions to high-SES than to low-SES peers and expected that parents of high-SES targets would disapprove of cross-group friendships, referencing social hierarchies and reputation. Expectation about parents of low-SES targets were that they would support cross-SES friendships, citing moral concerns and social mobility. Thus, adolescents were aware of systemic reasons that underlie SES biases. Given that low-SES adolescents often suffer when excluded from peer experiences, these findings indicate that ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) parental strategies could include protecting children from experiences related to SES inequalities and a lack of social mobility as well as experiences of discrimination.Keywords
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