Peer norms can deny access to identity positions and stigmatize positions adolescents would otherwise take up¶
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q2 i? Peers may deny each other access to certain identity positions through peer norms. → Verhoeven 2019
q2 i? When adolescents identify with identity positions stigmatized by their peers, they may hide that they do in order to safeguard their reputation. → Verhoeven 2019 (2)
Evidence¶
Verhoeven 2019¶
Verhoeven, M., Poorthuis, A. M. G., & Volman, M. (2019). The Role of School in Adolescents' Identity Development. A Literature Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-018-9457-3
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Synthesis of 11 exclusively empirical studies (nine qualitative, one quantitative, one mixed-methods) on peer norms, based on ethnographic methods. In one programming-class study, peers refused to regard a student as the attentive expert his teacher had made available to him.
"were concerned with and found that peers may deny each other access to certain identity positions through peer norms."
Verhoeven 2019 (2)¶
Verhoeven, M., Poorthuis, A. M. G., & Volman, M. (2019). The Role of School in Adolescents' Identity Development. A Literature Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-018-9457-3
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The review reports that in one middle-school study students feared the social consequences of engaging in class as someone becoming a good reader, because classmates reinforced the norm that it is embarrassing to have reading difficulties, so they hid their reading difficulties.
"when adolescents actually do identify themselves with identity positions that are stigmatized by their peers, they may hide that they do in order to safeguard their reputation."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Identity — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Selection practices and differentiation shape adolescents' identities, but evidence on tracking's role in identity development remains inconclusive — related
- Online spaces hold distinctive value for underrepresented adolescents for identity expression, supportive peer networks, and friendships — related
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peer-norms-restrict-identity-positions |
title |
Peer norms can deny access to identity positions and stigmatize positions adolescents would otherwise take up |
description |
Peer norms can deny access to identity positions and stigmatize positions adolescents would otherwise take up |
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review |
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moderate |
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2019 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-21 |
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2 — verhoeven-2019, verhoeven-2019-2 |
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