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Social Sciences, Psychology, Social, Psychology, Intergenerational transmission, Anti-immigrant prejudice, Cross-group friendship, Adolescents, Belgium, INTERGROUP CONTACT, INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION, EXTENDED CONTACT, RACIAL-ATTITUDES, MEDIATING ROLE, SOCIALIZATION, HYPOTHESIS, MAJORITY, AUTHORITARIANISM, JUDGMENTS, 1503 Business and Management, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Social Psychology, 5201 Applied and developmental psychology, 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology, 5205 Social and personality psychology

Abstract:

The aim of this article is to investigate the role of parental cross-group friendships on the anti-immigrant prejudice of their children. It is hypothesized that the relation between parental cross-group friendship and the child's prejudice can be mediated by two intergenerational transmission mechanisms: (1) via parent-child similarity in prejudice, and (2) via parent-child similarity in cross-group friendship. Data stem from the Parent-Child Socialization Study (2012), a representative sample among adolescents and both their parents in Belgium. Controlling for the mediating mechanisms, no direct relationship between parental cross-group friendship and adolescents' prejudice was found. Parental cross-group friendships was, however, indirectly related via parent-child anti-immigrant prejudice and cross-group friendship similarity. It is concluded that prejudice is strongly related within families. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.