The role of peer, parental, and school norms in predicting adolescents' attitudes and behaviours of majority and different minority ethnic groups in Croatia.

ABSTRACT: Social norms in general have an important role in the regulation of intergroup relations. However, the effects of one specific type of social norms-in-group norms about intergroup contact-have not yet been extensively studied, especially among groups of different status or in different intergroup contexts. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of three types of contact norms (peer, parental and school) on four intergroup outcomes (in-group bias, social distance, tendency to discriminate, prosocial behaviour towards the outgroup) among ethnic majority and minority adolescents from four different intergroup contexts of the Republic of Croatia, as well as to test for moderating effects of age, social status and intergroup context in the strength of these effects. The researc

SUBMITTER: Pehar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6953838 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature