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Children and adolescents (N = 153, ages 8–14 years,Mage = 11.46 years) predicted and evaluated peer exclusion in interwealth (high‐wealth and low‐wealth) and interracial (African American and European American) contexts. With age, participants increasingly expected high‐wealth groups to be more exclusive than low‐wealth groups, regardless of their depicted race. Furthermore, children evaluated interwealth exclusion less negatively than interracial exclusion, and children who identified as higher in wealth evaluated interwealth exclusion less negatively than did children who identified as lower in wealth. Children cited explicit negative stereotypes about high‐wealth groups in their justifications, while rarely citing stereotypes about low‐wealth groups or racial groups. Results revealed that both race and wealth are important factors that children consider when evaluating peer exclusion.
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Children's evaluations of interracial peer inclusion and exclusion: The role of intimacy
Abstract The present study investigated how Black and White American children, ages 6 to 9.5 years and 9.5 to 12 years (N = 219,MAge = 9.18 years, SDAge = 1.90; 51% female) evaluated vignettes in which peers included a same‐ or cross‐race peer in a high‐intimacy or low‐intimacy context. These data were collected from 2021 to 2022. Children expected characters to be less likely to include cross‐race peers in high‐ than low‐intimacy contexts. They also evaluated cross‐race exclusion more negatively in high‐ and low‐intimacy contexts. Black participants evaluated cross‐race exclusion more negatively than did White participants. Older participants were more likely to personally include a cross‐race peer. This study is a first step toward understanding the role of intimacy in cross‐race peer relationships.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1728918
- PAR ID:
- 10576921
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Child Development
- Volume:
- 96
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0009-3920
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Size: p. 645-661
- Size(s):
- p. 645-661
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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