Social influence or selection? Peer effects on the development of adolescents' educational expectations in Germany

G Lorenz, Z Boda, Z Salikutluk… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout
adolescence, friends increasingly function as 'significant others' and, thus, can affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Social comparison effects on academic self-concepts—which peers matter most?

M Jansen, Z Boda, G Lorenz - Developmental psychology, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Social comparisons with peers are important sources of self-development during
adolescence. Many previous studies showed that students' academic self-concepts (ASC) …

Grading in Hungarian primary schools: Mechanisms of ethnic discrimination against Roma students

D Kisfalusi, B Janky, K Takács - European Sociological Review, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The present study aims to shed light on the mechanisms of ethnic discrimination in teacher
assessments in Hungarian primary schools. For this purpose, we use data collected among …

Oppositional culture revisited. Friendship dynamics and the creation of social capital among Turkish minority adolescents in Germany

G Lorenz, Z Boda, Z Salikutluk - Journal of Ethnic and Migration …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Ethnic differences in the endowment with social capital can exacerbate intergroup
inequalities. Pursuing this argument, we first compare the educational compositions of …

The dynamics of interethnic friendships and negative ties in secondary school: The role of peer-perceived ethnicity

Z Boda, B Néray, TAB Snijders - Social Psychology Quarterly, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines ethnic integration in secondary school. Social identity theory suggests
that perception of relevant individual attributes plays a crucial role in defining ingroups and …

Studying youth'group identities, intergroup relations, and friendship networks: the friendship and identity in school data

L Leszczensky, S Pink, D Kretschmer… - European Sociological …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This data brief introduces the Friendship and Identity in School (FIS) dataset. The FIS data
are school-based longitudinal social network data, which have become increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Peers that count: The influence of deskmates on test scores

T Keller, K Takács - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2019 - Elsevier
Peer effects have been shown to be important for educational development during
adolescence. Peer effect from classmates and friends, nevertheless, could be the target of …

Ethnic In-and Out-Group Friendships Going Into Early Adolescence: Prevalence, Quality, Stability, and the Role of the Network Structure

S Oczlon, Z Boda, S Schwab… - The Journal of Early …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study sought to investigate the friendship formation of ethnic in-and out-group
friendships, as well as differences in stability and quality, while accounting for the network …

Local ties that bind: The role of perceived neighborhood cohesion and disorder for immigrants' national identification

C Ziller, T Schlösser, K Schück, K Partos - Social Science Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Immigrants' identification with the receiving society is a core dimension of their integration
process. Previous research has much focused on the relevance of language acquisition, job …

Primary school students' attitudes towards peers displaying hyperactivity: Examining impacts of homophily and inter‐group contact on students' social inclusion

S Hassani, S Schwab, Z Boda - Social Development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Earlier research has indicated that students displaying hyperactivity struggle with their social
inclusion. To foster social inclusion, students' attitudes as well as inter‐group contact have …