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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2012;50(6):1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.6115/khea.2012.50.6.001
Adolescent Prejudice towards Immigrants: The Role of Parents and the Effect of Adolescent Prejudice on Self-Identity and Coping Styles
Ji Young Lim1, Grace H. Chung2
1Major in Child and Family Studies·CBA(Center for Beautiful Aging), Kyungpook National University
2Department of Child and Family Studies·Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University
Corresponding Author: Grace H. Chung ,Tel: +82-2-880-1620, Fax: +82-2-873-8517, Email: gracechung@snu.ac.kr
Received: April 16, 2012; Revised: May 8, 2012   Accepted: July 19, 2012.
ABSTRACT
As the immigrant population is rapidly growing in South Korea, it is important for the next generation of Korean adolescents to foster unprejudiced attitudes towards immigrants. This paper thus seeks to shed light on adolescent prejudice towards immigrants, by addressing the following three questions: (1) Does a mother’s prejudice towards immigrants and parenting style influence their adolescent children’s prejudice towards immigrants? (2) Does an adolescent’s prejudice towards immigrants influence his/her self-identity? (3) Does an adolescent’s prejudice towards immigrants influence his/her coping styles? The sample consisted of 288 pairs of Korean adolescents and their mothers. According to hierarchical regression analyses, a mother’s prejudice towards immigrants significantly predicted her adolescent’s prejudice towards immigrants, after taking sociodemographic variables into account, whereas her parenting style did not. In addition, having a low level of prejudice towards immigrants among adolescents predicted high levels of self-identity (e.g. independence, proprioceptive, and mission orientation), and a greater use of positive coping skills (e.g. support-seeking and problem-solving). Overall, results showed that mothers played a significant role in shaping their adolescent’s prejudice towards immigrants. Results also provided evidence that prejudice towards immigrants may interfere with the healthy development of self-identity and coping style during adolescence. In conclusion, this study suggests that multicultural education for adolescents can be more effective, when it is provided in partnership with a parent education program that is designed to raise parental multicultural awareness.
Keywords: adolescents, prejudice towards immigrants, coping style, self-identity, multicultural society
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