@article{ref1,
title="Unpopularity with same- and cross-ethnicity peers as predictors of depressive symptoms during adolescence",
journal="Journal of applied developmental psychology",
year="2019",
author="Mali, Luiza V. and Schwartz, David and Badaly, Daryaneh and Luo, Tana J. and Malamut, Sarah and Ross, Alexandra C. and Duong, Mylien T.",
volume="62",
number="",
pages="93-101",
abstract="This longitudinal study examined associations between perceptions of unpopularity with same- and cross-ethnicity peers and depressive symptoms in an ethnically diverse adolescent peer group. Participants were 393 Vietnamese and Mexican American adolescents (209 boys, 184 girls; Mage = 15.04 years, SD = 0.73, age range: 14-17 years) followed across two consecutive school years. Participants completed a demographic survey, self-report measures of depressive symptoms and ethnic identity, and a peer-nomination inventory assessing unpopularity. Unpopularity with same-ethnicity peers predicted increases in depressive symptoms for boys but not girls. Cross-ethnicity attitudes were not predictive of psychological difficulties. The findings of this study provide the first known evidence that, for boys, perceptions of unpopularity by same-ethnicity peers may be a more significant threat to emotional functioning than similar perceptions by peers of a different ethnicity. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that a nuanced perspective on risk mechanisms accounting for same- and cross-ethnic relations and gender may be warranted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0193-3973",
doi="10.1016/j.appdev.2019.02.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.02.001"
}