Resumen de The parent�child similarity in cross-group friendship and anti-immigrant prejudice: : A study among 15-year old adolescents and both their parents in Belgium

Cecil Meeusen

• The aim of this article is to investigate the role of parental cross-group friendships on the anti-immigrant prejudice of their children. It is hypothesized that the relation between parental cross-group friendship and the child�s prejudice can be mediated by two intergenerational transmission mechanisms: (1) via parent�child similarity in prejudice, and (2) via parent�child similarity in cross-group friendship. Data stem from the Parent�Child Socialization Study (2012), a representative sample among adolescents and both their parents in Belgium. Controlling for the mediating mechanisms, no direct relationship between parental cross-group friendship and adolescents� prejudice was found. Parental cross-group friendships was, however, indirectly related via parent�child anti-immigrant prejudice and cross-group friendship similarity. It is concluded that prejudice is strongly related within families.