Citation

Niwa EY, Boxer P, Dubow EF, Huesmann LR, Landau S, Shikaki K, Gvirsman SD. J. Res. Adolesc. 2016; 26(1): 166-179.

Affiliation

Department of Communication, Netanya Academic College.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12180

PMID

27019573

Abstract

Ethno-political conflict impacts thousands of youth globally and has been associated with a number of negative psychological outcomes. Extant literature has mostly addressed the adverse emotional and behavioral outcomes of exposure while failing to examine change over time in social-cognitive factors in contexts of ethno-political conflict. Using cohort-sequential longitudinal data, the present study examines ethnic variation in the development of negative stereotypes about ethnic out-groups among Palestinian (n=600), Israeli Jewish (n=451), and Israeli Arab (n=450) youth over three years. Age and exposure to ethno-political violence were included as covariates for these trajectories.

FINDINGS indicate important ethnic differences in trajectories of negative stereotypes about ethnic out-groups, as well as variation in how such trajectories are shaped by prolonged ethno-political conflict.

Language: en