@article{ref1,
title="Adolescents' responses to online peer conflict: how self-evaluation and ethnicity matter",
journal="Infant and child development",
year="2018",
author="Novin, Sheida and Bos, Marieke G. N. and Stevenson, Claire E. and Rieffe, Carolien",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="e2067-e2067",
abstract="For parents, online platforms where their children interact with others often feel like a &quot;black box&quot; in terms of what exactly is happening. In this study, we developed an ecologically valid online computer game in which a (computer-generated) peer teammate tried to provoke frustration, in order to examine (a) adolescents' responses and (b) how indices of self-evaluation (i.e., sense of coherence and self-esteem) and demographic variables (i.e., gender and ethnicity) matter to these responses. Like gender, being a member of a minority or majority group may influence how provocations by peers are interpreted, influencing how one responds. Fifteen-year-old Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch adolescents (N = 167) completed self-reports and played the online computer game. The game indeed elicited frustration, with increased self-reported anger. Moreover, expressions of displeasure were much more common during and after provocation than before provocation. Crucially, perceived self-evaluation mattered; higher levels of sense of coherence but lower levels of self-esteem (only in Moroccan-Dutch group) contributed to fewer expressions of displeasure. Gender did not play a moderating role. Our findings provide initial insights into individual differences in adolescents' responses in an online peer-conflict situation. HIGHLIGHTS: We studied Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch adolescents' responses during online peer provocation and how self-evaluation and demographic variables matter.Provocation by the (computer-generated) peer teammate increased expressions of displeasure.More sense of coherence but less self-esteem was associated with fewer expressions of displeasure, but ethnicity moderated the effect with self-esteem.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1522-7227",
doi="10.1002/icd.2067",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.2067"
}