Roberto González Gutiérrez, Brian Lickel, Manisha Gupta, Linda R. Tropp, Bernadette P. Luengo Kanacri, Eduardo Mora, Pablo de Tezanos Pinto, Christian Berger Silva, Daniel Valdenegro Ibarra, Oscar Cayul, Daniel Miranda, Patricio Saavedra, Michelle Bernardino
This article tests a longitudinal model of the antecedents and consequences of changes in identification with indigenous (Mapuche) among indigenous and nonindigenous youth in Chilean school contexts over a 6-month period (633 nonindigenous and 270 Mapuche students, Mages = 12.47 and 12.80 years, respectively). Results revealed that in-group norms supporting contact and quality of intergroup contact at Time 1 predicted student's changes in Mapuche identification at Time 2, which in turn predicted changes in support for adoption of Chilean culture and maintenance of Mapuche culture at Time 2; some of the relationships between these variables were found to be moderated by age and ethnicity. Conceptual and policy implications are addressed in the Discussion.