Novin, S;
Bos, MGN;
Stevenson, CE;
Rieffe, C;
(2017)
Adolescents' responses to online peer conflict: How self-evaluation and ethnicity matter.
Infant and Child Development
, 27
(2)
, Article e2067. 10.1002/icd.2067.
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Abstract
For parents, online platforms where their children interact with others often feel like a “black box” 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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Adolescents' responses to online peer conflict: How self-evaluation and ethnicity matter |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/icd.2067 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.2067 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Infant and Child Development Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039495 |
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