Immigrant youth acculturation and perceived discrimination: Longitudinal mediation by immigrant peers' acceptance/rejection
F Motti-Stefanidi, V Pavlopoulos…�- Journal of Applied�…, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examined, first, the longitudinal interplay between immigrant youth's acculturation
into the host and ethnic cultures and perceived ethnic discrimination, and, second, whether
acceptance and rejection by immigrant and non-immigrant peers longitudinally mediated the
link between acculturation and discrimination. 1057 students nested in 49 Greek middle-
school classrooms took part in the study (Wave 1; age M= 12.7 years). 532 immigrants
provided the acculturation and discrimination data. Together with their 525 Greek�…
into the host and ethnic cultures and perceived ethnic discrimination, and, second, whether
acceptance and rejection by immigrant and non-immigrant peers longitudinally mediated the
link between acculturation and discrimination. 1057 students nested in 49 Greek middle-
school classrooms took part in the study (Wave 1; age M= 12.7 years). 532 immigrants
provided the acculturation and discrimination data. Together with their 525 Greek�…