This study investigated adolescents’ expectations about friendships between peers from different socioeconomic status (SES) in Nepal. Overall, Nepalese adolescents (N = 389, M_age = 14.08; grades: 7–10) attributed more negative intentions to high-SES than to low-SES peers and expected that parents of high-SES targets would disapprove of cross-group friendships, referencing social hierarchies and reputation. Expectation about parents of low-SES targets were that they would support cross-SES friendships, citing moral concerns and social mobility. Thus, adolescents were aware of systemic reasons that underlie SES biases. Given that low-SES adolescents often suffer when excluded from peer experiences, these findings indicate that ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) parental strategies could include protecting children from experiences related to SES inequalities and a lack of social mobility as well as experiences of discrimination.

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社会不平等背景下青少年自身和父母对跨群体友谊的期望

本研究调查了尼泊尔青少年对来自不同社会经济地位 (SES) 的同龄人之间友谊的期望。总体而言，尼泊尔青少年 ( N = 389, M_年龄= 14.08; 等级：7-10）将更多的负面意图归因于高 SES 的同龄人而不是低 SES 的同龄人，并预计高 SES 目标的父母会不赞成跨群体友谊，参考社会等级和声誉。对低 SES 目标的父母的期望是，他们会支持跨 SES 的友谊，理由是道德问题和社会流动性。因此，青少年意识到构成 SES 偏见的系统性原因。鉴于低社会经济地位的青少年经常在被排除在同龄人经历之外时遭受痛苦，这些研究结果表明，种族-种族社会化 (ERS) 父母策略可能包括保护儿童免受与社会经济地位不平等和缺乏社会流动性以及歧视经历相关的经历。