ERIC Number: EJ1469435
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Publication Date: 2025-May
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Available Date: 2025-02-17
Exploring the Out-Group Homogeneity Effect among Arab Children in Israel: The Roles of Religion, Contact, and Group Identification
Francine Essa1; Hannes Rakoczy2; Gil Diesendruck1
Child Development, v96 n3 p1148-1164 2025
The out-group homogeneity effect has been found to contribute to adults' inter-group biases. Three studies examined whether 5- and 8-year-old Arab (i.e., minority) children in Israel also manifest this effect (March 2017-January 2020). Arab children from different religious affiliations and social environments (N = 272, 54% females) were asked to choose either a homogeneous or a heterogeneous sample of group members to infer if a given property (biological or psychological) was true of a whole group: either the participant's in-group (Arabs) or out-group (Jews). Overall, differently from Jewish (i.e., majority) Israeli children, Arab children did not exhibit the out-group homogeneity effect. Nevertheless, there were indications that religious affiliation, social environment, and group identification affected children's responses.
Descriptors: Child Development, Jews, Judaism, Role of Religion, Arabs, Social Environment, Religious Factors, Self Concept, Identification (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Children, Young Children, Minority Groups, Intergroup Relations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Psychology and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; 2Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany