British Adolescents Are More Likely Than Children to Support Bystanders Who Challenge Exclusion of Immigrant Peers.

ABSTRACT: The present study examined British children's and adolescents' individual and perceived group evaluations of a challenger when a member of one's own group excludes a British national or an immigrant newcomer to the school (Turkish or Australian) from participating in a group activity. Participants included British children (n = 110, M_{age in years}  = 9.69, SD = 1.07, 44 girls, aged 8-11) and adolescents (n = 193, M_{age in years}  = 14.16, SD = 0.92, 104 girls, aged 13-16), who were inducted into their group and heard hypothetical scenarios in which a member of their own group expressed a desire to exclude the newcomer from joining their activity. Subsequently, participants heard that another member of the ingroup challenged the e

SUBMITTER: Gonultas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9396375 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature