Discrimination as a frame-of-reference effect in overlapping friendship communities of ethnically diverse youth.

Baljinder K SahdraJoseph CiarrochiPhilip D ParkerRhonda CravenRobert BrockmanEmma K DevineJames ConigraveDoris F Chang

Published in: Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology (2019)

We provide evidence for a frame-of-reference effect involving discrimination. Individuals' relative standing in their friendship communities with high group-level discrimination reliably predicted the individuals' well-being levels, regardless of ethnicity. The results highlight the importance of identifying overlapping friendship communities for understanding the dynamics of discrimination and well-being of ethnically diverse youth. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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