There are various theoretical approaches for understanding intergroup biases among children and adolescents. This article focuses on the social identity approach and argues that existing research will benefit by more fully considering the implications of this approach for examining intergroup relations among youngsters. These implications include (a) the importance of self-categorization, (b) the role of self-stereotyping and group identification, (c) the relevance of shared understandings and developing ingroup consensus, and (d) the importance of coordinated action for positive and negative intergroup relations. These implications of the social identity approach suggest several avenues for investigating children’s and adolescents’ intergroup relations that have not been fully appreciated in the existing literature. However, there are also limitations to the social identity approach for the developmental understanding and some of these are discussed.

有多种理论方法可以理解儿童和青少年的群体间偏见。本文侧重于社会认同方法，并认为通过更充分地考虑这种方法对检查青少年群体间关系的影响，现有研究将受益。这些影响包括 (a) 自我分类的重要性，(b) 自我定型和群体认同的作用，(c) 共同理解和发展内群体共识的相关性，以及 (d) 协调行动对积极的重要性和消极的群际关系。社会认同方法的这些含义提出了几种调查儿童和青少年群体间关系的途径，这些途径在现有文献中尚未得到充分理解。然而，