TY - JOUR A1 - Kunyu, David Khisoni A1 - Schachner, Maja A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Schwarzenthal, Miriam A1 - Aral, Tuğçe ED - Eckstein, K. ED - Crocetti, E. T1 - Acculturation hassles and adjustment of adolescents of immigrant descent BT - testing mediation with a self-determination theory approach JF - New directions for child and adolescent development N2 - Despite evidence that acculturation hassles (such as discrimination and language hassles) relate to poorer adjustment for adolescents of immigrant descent, we know less about the psychological processes underlying these associations. In this study, we test whether reduced psychological needs satisfaction in terms of a lower sense of belonging, autonomy, and competence, mediates the associations of acculturation hassles with psychological distress and academic adjustment. Our sample included 439 seventh graders from 15 schools in Germany (51% female, M-age = 12.4 years, SD = .73). Results revealed that adolescents who experienced greater discrimination and language hassles showed a lower sense of belonging with classmates and subsequently, greater psychological distress. Those who experienced greater language hassles also exhibited a lower sense of perceived competence, and ultimately poorer academic adjustment. We conclude that self-determination theory (SDT) provides an important framework to explain key processes underlying the links between acculturation hassles with psychological distress and academic (mal-)adjustment. Strengthening belonging and competence among adolescents of immigrant descent may enhance their well-being in the face of acculturation hassles. KW - adjustment KW - adolescents of immigrant descent KW - discrimination KW - language KW - hassles KW - self-determination theory Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20408 SN - 1534-8687 SN - 1520-3247 VL - 177 SP - 101 EP - 121 PB - Hindawi Limited CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Schachner, Maja A1 - Aral, Tuğçe A1 - Schwarzenthal, Miriam A1 - Kunyu, David Khisoni A1 - Löhmannsröben, Hanna T1 - Effects of a brief self-affirmation writing intervention among 7(th) graders in Germany BT - testing for variations by heritage group, discrimination experiences and classroom diversity climate JF - Social psychology of education : an international journal N2 - We tested whether a brief self-affirmation writing intervention protected against identity-threats (i.e., stereotyping and discrimination) for adolescents' school-related adjustment. The longitudinal study followed 639 adolescents in Germany (65% of immigrant descent, 50% female, M-age = 12.35 years, SDage = .69) from 7(th) grade (pre-intervention at T1, five to six months post-intervention at T2) to the end of 8(th) grade (one-year follow-up at T3). We tested for direct and moderated (by heritage group, discrimination, classroom cultural diversity climate) effects using regression and latent change models. The self-affirmation intervention did not promote grades or math competence. However, in the short-term and for adolescents of immigrant descent, the intervention prevented a downward trajectory in mastery reactions to academic challenges for those experiencing greater discrimination. Further, it protected against a decline in behavioral school engagement for those in positive classroom cultural diversity climates. In the long-term and for all adolescents, the intervention lessened an upward trajectory in disruptive behavior. Overall, the self-affirmation intervention benefited some aspects of school-related adjustment for adolescents of immigrant and non-immigrant descent. The intervention context is important, with classroom cultural diversity climate acting as a psychological affordance enhancing affirmation effects. Our study supports the ongoing call for theorizing and empirically testing student and context heterogeneity to better understand for whom and under which conditions this intervention may work. KW - Brief self-affirmation writing intervention KW - Adolescents of immigrant KW - descent KW - School-related adjustment KW - Classroom cultural diversity KW - climate KW - Germany Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09789-9 SN - 1381-2890 SN - 1573-1928 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Moffitt, Ursula Elinor A1 - Schachner, Maja A1 - Pevec-Zimmer, Sharleen T1 - Understanding ethnic-racial identity in a context where "race" is taboo JF - Identity : an international journal of theory and research ; the journal of the Society for Research on Identity Formation N2 - Ethnic-racial identity (ERI) is an important aspect of youth development and has been well-studied for the last several decades. One issue less discussed is how the construct of ERI translates across different countries and cultures. The purpose of our paper is to describe the sociohistorical context of Germany and implications for the study of ethnic-racial identity in Europe. We discuss the German adaption of the Identity Project, an 8-week school-based ethnic-racial identity exploration intervention developed in the United States. We use this as a concrete example of how we thought through the focal construct of ERI to figure out how and whether it is a salient social identity category for youth in Germany where, in response to the history of racially motivated genocide, discussions of "race" are taboo. Digging into the ways ERI may not be directly transferable to different contexts can help us understand its nature as a socially constructed identity with real-life implications. Our hope with this paper is to further discussion, question our conceptualizations, and acknowledge how a detailed understanding of sociohistorical contexts is needed for the study of ERI. KW - Ethnic-racial identity KW - race KW - Germany KW - intervention Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2021.1932901 SN - 1528-3488 SN - 1532-706X VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 185 EP - 199 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Philadelphia, PA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Civitillo, Sauro A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Schachner, Maja T1 - Stressing similarities or ignoring differences? BT - shedding light into different forms of color-evasive ideology with pre- and in-service teachers BT - unterschiedliche Formen der Color-Evasion-Ideologie bei Lehramtsstudierenden und Lehrkräften JF - Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft : ZfE N2 - The color-evasive ideology (commonly termed "colorblindness") proposes that ethnic and cultural group memberships should be deemphasized. Yet there is a conceptual confusion around the meaning and measurement of color-evasiveness, and this construct is not used consistently in the international as well as German literature. Our purpose is to investigate whether two underlying forms of the color-evasive ideology (i.e., stressing similarities and ignoring differences) are two distinct, albeit related, constructs. We tested this hypothesis by applying these two forms of the color-evasive ideology to teachers' cultural diversity beliefs. In two cross-sectional field studies conducted with pre-service teachers (Study 1, n = 210), and in-service teachers (Study 2, n = 99), questionnaire items on the stressing similarities ideology and items on the ignoring differences ideology loaded on two separate factors, providing a better fit to the data than the one-factor model. Mean scores on these two types of color-evasive ideology also differed substantially, indicating that participants across the two studies mainly endorsed the stressing similarities perspective. The stressing similarities and ignoring differences ideologies related differently to other intergroup ideologies (i.e., multiculturalism and polyculturalism), and showed different patterns to psychosocial functioning in culturally diverse classrooms (i.e., cultural diversity-related stress). N2 - Nach der sogenannten „Color-Evasion“ Ideologie (auch als „Color-blindness“ oder Farbenblindheit bezeichnet) sind ethnische und kulturelle Gruppenzugehörigkeiten irrelevant. Es gibt jedoch begriffliche Unklarheiten über die Bedeutung und Messung von Color-evasion, und dieses Konstrukt wird in der internationalen so wie in der deutschen Literatur nicht konsistent verwendet. Unser Ziel ist es, zu untersuchen, ob zwei zugrunde liegende Formen der Color-evasion-Ideologie, nämlich Ähnlichkeiten hervorheben und Unterschiede ignorieren, zwei unterschiedliche, wenn auch verwandte Konstrukte sind. Wir testeten diese Hypothese, indem wir prüften, ob sich diese Unterscheidung der beiden Formen der Color-evasion-Ideologie in den Überzeugungen über kulturelle Vielfalt von (angehenden) Lehrer*innen widerspiegelte. In zwei Querschnitts-Feldstudien, die mit Lehramtsstudierenden (Studie 1, n = 210) und Lehrkräften (Studie 2, n = 99) durchgeführt wurden, luden Items zum Hervorheben von Ähnlichkeiten und zum Ignorieren von Unterschieden auf zwei getrennten Faktoren, welche eine bessere Passung mit den Daten als das Ein-Faktor-Modell zeigten. Die Durchschnittswerte für diese beiden Arten der Color-evasion-Ideologie unterschieden sich ebenfalls erheblich, was zeigt, dass die Teilnehmer an den beiden Studien hauptsächlich Ähnlichkeiten hervorheben. Auch in ihrem Zusammenhang mit anderen Diversity-Ideologien (Multikulturalismus und Polykulturalismus), und mit der psychosozialen Adaptation von Lehrer*innen (Stress im Zusammenhang mit kultureller Vielfalt) unterschieden sich Ähnlichkeiten hervorheben und Unterschiede ignorieren, was die unterschiedliche konzeptuelle Bedeutung der beiden Formen von Color-evasion ebenfalls unterstreicht. T2 - Ähnlichkeiten hervorheben oder Unterschiede ignorieren? KW - Color-evasiveness KW - Color-blindness KW - Cultural Diversity KW - Intergroup KW - Ideologies KW - Teacher Beliefs KW - Intergruppenwahrnehmung KW - Kulturelle Überzeugungen von Lehrkräften KW - Color-blindness KW - Color-evasion Ideologie KW - Kulturelle Vielfalt Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-021-00995-9 SN - 1434-663X SN - 1862-5215 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 135 EP - 153 PB - Springer VS/Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH CY - Wiesbaden ER -