Caught Between Worlds: Social Affects of Dual-group Membership

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.

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
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.