Journal of Research on Adolescence
Volume 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 580-591

Parental Influence on Friendships Between Native and Immigrant Adolescents (Article)

Smith S.* , Maas I. , van Tubergen F.
  • a Utrecht University, Netherlands
  • b Utrecht University, Netherlands, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • c Utrecht University, Netherlands, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Parental influence on friendships between native (N = 5,683) and immigrant (N = 3,371) adolescents (aged ± 15) was investigated with the CILS4EU data of pupils in German and Dutch school classes (N = 446) and parents. The researchers examined whether parents affect friendships across group boundaries by shaping the structural opportunities to establish out-group friends and their children's out-group attitudes. The results show that if parents have more out-group friends and if they consider it less important to maintain in-group traditions, their children have more out-group friends. Part of this relationship is mediated by children's out-group attitudes. Some evidence is found that the opportunity structure mediates the relationship between parental characteristics and adolescent out-group friendship. © 2014 Society for Research on Adolescence.

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937023492&doi=10.1111%2fjora.12149&partnerID=40&md5=cbe7395ba768bd310b8006928ba6f3c2
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12149
ISSN: 10508392
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English