Visibility and Image of “School caste" and Prejudice toward High/Low-Status Peer Group among Youth : Inter-peer group status and Social Dominance Orientation

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ミズノ, クンペイ

Mizuno, Kumpei

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

仲間関係

仲間内の地位

回顧的調査法

社会的支配志向性

school caste

peer status

peer relationships

retrospective research

social dominance orientation

“School caste”, defined as the hierarchy among peer groups has been widely used in many social media platforms such as TV, internet or book. However, there are few empirical studies about school caste. This study examined the followings, (1) how many youths recognize the presence of school caste, (2) what are their impression of school caste, and (3) whether they feel prejudice toward high/low-status peer group within school caste. The result showed over 80% of the youths recognized the presence of school caste and most of them perceived school caste negatively but viewed high/low-status peer group positively. Moreover, SDO-E (i.e., social dominance orientation-Egalitarianism, a sub-dimension of social dominance orientation) negatively correlated with impression of school caste. In addition, having higher SDO-D (i.e., social dominance orientation-Dominance, the other sub-dimension of SDO) and also those who used to belong to the high-status peer group in middle school had a negative feeling toward the low-status peer group. The present result suggested that how the youths perceive school caste and high/low-status peer group.