Caught Between Worlds: Social Affects of Dual-group Membership : How children navigate identity in a school setting

ISBN-13: 9783639109146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 104 str.

Katherine Aumer-Ryan

Opis

Utilizing three different experimental settings in a§small mid-western elementary school, psychologist§Katherine Aumer-Ryan was able to better understand§how children navigate their social world when§identity issues arose. Children were assigned to two§different groups: red and blue. However, some§children were assigned to be simultaneously part of§both groups. How did these children come to terms§with a conflicting social situation and their own§identity concerns? Did these children have more§friends? Less friends? Were they more cognitively§flexible than their single-identity peers? Did the§other children in the class accept or reject these§children? The research in this book contributes to§better understanding how children from multicultural§and/or multiracial backgrounds; who have§dual-identities are shaped by and shape the world§around them.

O autorze

Katherine Aumer-Ryan earned her PhD in social psychology at the
University of Texas at Austin after conducting extensive research
focusing on the elements that shape our relationships: emotions,
appearances, culture, and perceptions of justice. She is
currently a lecturer at the University of Hawai''i at Manoa and
Kapi''olani Community College.