Contact, Conflict and Interethnic Attitudes Among Children in North Macedonia

Misoska, Ana Tomovska; Taylor, Laura K.; Dautel, Jocelyn; Rylander, Risa

doi:10.19090/pp.2019.4.409-428

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“…In Kosovo, analyses extend research on adults to explore how children born after independence learn about conflict-related, ethno-religious groups. Finally, in the RNM, these models extend previous research on children’s intergroup attitudes (Tomovska Misoska et al, 2020b) to study how they may interact across group lines.…”

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Children’s outgroup giving in settings of intergroup conflict: The developmental role of ingroup symbol preference.

Taylor¹,

Dautel²,

Maloku³

et al. 2021

Developmental Psychology

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Understanding when children develop a sense of group boundaries has implications for conflict and its resolution. Integrating social identity development theory and the developmental peace-building model, we investigated whether preferences for ethno-religious ingroup symbols mediate the link from child age to outgroup prosocial giving among 5-to 11-year-old children from both majority and minority backgrounds in three settings of protracted intergroup conflict (N = 713, M = 7.97, SD = 1.52, 52.6% female). Participants represented the conflict rival ethno-religious groups in each setting (Northern Ireland [n = 299]: 48.5% Protestant, 51.5% Catholic; Kosovo [n = 220]: 54.1% Albanian, 45.9% Serbian; Republic of North Macedonia [RNM; n = 194]: 45.9% Macedonian, 54.1% Albanian) and were largely from lower-to middle-class families; 4% of participants from other ethnic backgrounds were excluded from the current analyses. Multiple-group, bias-corrected bootstrapped mediation found that ingroup symbol preference mediated the link from child age to outgroup prosocial giving; that is, older children expressed higher ingroup symbol preference, which was linked with lower outgroup giving. Across Northern Ireland, Kosovo, and the RNM, there was some significant variation in the strength of specific paths; however, there was a significant indirect effect in all three settings. The findings advance cross-cultural understanding of how age relates to ingroup symbol preferences and outgroup prosocial giving across the elementary school years, with implications for children's long-term peace-building contributions in three conflict-affected societies.

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Children’s outgroup giving in settings of intergroup conflict: The developmental role of ingroup symbol preference.

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Maloku³

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“…Building on this body of work, and local partnerships in each context, Helping Kids! examines the development of intergroup relations among children in conflict-affected societies (Taylor et al, 2020a;Tomovska Misoska et al, 2019, with a focus on factors that can promote or dampen outgroup prosocial behavior.…”

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Helping Kids! Cross-Cultural Research on Children’s Prosocial Behavior in Societies Transitioning to Peace

Bähr

Dautel

Maloku

et al. 2021

Peace Psychology Book Series

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Intrastate conflicts dominate the twenty-first century. Understanding the psychological mechanisms necessary to transform such settings into more peaceful societies is essential. Toward that end, Helping Kids! is a cross-cultural project that focuses on children in conflict-affected contexts. Moving away from the conceptualization of youth as perpetrators or powerless victims, Helping Kids! recognizes that children can foster a peaceful future, despite growing up in the shadow of war. This chapter approaches peace holistically and understands it as not merely the absence of violence, exploring a conceptualization of positive peace. In line with this understanding, Helping Kids! goes beyond reducing prejudice to focus on intergroup prosocial acts. The chapter first outlines 16 Helping Kids! Cross-cultural research on children's prosocial behavior in societies transitioning to peace 2 how outgroup prosociality can be understood as an antecedent of peacebuilding, then presents evidence from elementary school-aged children in five different contexts of intergroup conflict (Northern Ireland, Croatia, Kosovo, Republic of North Macedonia, and Israel) to reflect both the complexity and diversity of this area of research. We highlight both the common characteristics as well as differences across the Helping Kids! contexts and how children can contribute to a transition to peace. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research and practice.

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Supraordinate identity integration in childhood: Intergroup implications of ethno‐national and supraordinate identification in three divided societies

Nic Craith,

Corbett,

Tomašić Humer

et al. 2023

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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An overarching, supraordinate identity (e.g., European identity) can enhance intergroup relations if individuals recategorize ingroup and outgroup members into one, unified group. Yet, in conflict‐affected societies, ethno‐national identities may promote negative intergroup attitudes and behaviours. The effects of European and ethno‐national identities in combination have yet to be explored in childhood. If they can be integrated, the inclusivity of a supraordinate European identity may be felt despite the divisiveness of ethno‐national identities in post‐accord societies. This research assesses supraordinate identity integration in relation to quality intergroup contact and cross‐group friendships among the post‐accord generation in Croatia, Kosovo and Republic of North Macedonia (RNM). These sites have relatively recent conflicts, but varying relationships to the EU. Data were collected from 382 children aged 7–11, split evenly by minority and majority status (Croatia n = 90; Kosovo n = 107; RNM n = 185). Children across all three sites had integrated ethno‐national/European identities. Levels of identity integration varied by site, but not group status. Identity integration was positively and significantly associated with quality of outgroup contact and number of cross‐group friends, and this relationship varied by site. Integrated supraordinate identities have promising implications for intergroup relations and the future of peacebuilding in Europe. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Contact, Conflict and Interethnic Attitudes Among Children in North Macedonia

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Children’s outgroup giving in settings of intergroup conflict: The developmental role of ingroup symbol preference.

Children’s outgroup giving in settings of intergroup conflict: The developmental role of ingroup symbol preference.

Helping Kids! Cross-Cultural Research on Children’s Prosocial Behavior in Societies Transitioning to Peace

Supraordinate identity integration in childhood: Intergroup implications of ethno‐national and supraordinate identification in three divided societies

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