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Religion, Religiosity, and the Social-Emotional Integration of Muslim Youth

Ethnic Composition, School Ideology, and Boundaries Between Arab and Jewish Students

The Interplay of Children's and Parents' Networks in Shaping Each Other's Social Worlds

Publications expand

Buchkapitel

Carol, Sarah , Lars Leszczensky (9998): Soziale Integration: Interethnische Freund- und Partnerschaften und ihre Determinanten. More

Jugert, Philipp , Lars Leszczensky (2023): Friendships. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Tobias Stark (2020): Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Segregation in Youth’s Friendship Networks: Opportunities and Challenges for Research. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Pink Sebastian (2017): The Virtue of High Performance Computing for the Statistical Analysis of Social Networks. More

Zeitschriftenartikel

Kretschmer, David , Kathrin Lämmermann , Lars Leszczensky (2024): How gendered religious norms contribute to the emerging gender gap in Muslim youths’ interreligious friendships. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 98, pp. (article no. 101919), pp. 1-20. More

Leszczensky, Lars , David Kretschmer (2022): Religious Friendship Preferences of Muslim and Non-Muslim Students in German Schools: Bright Boundaries Everywhere or Contingent on the Proportion of Muslim Classmates?. Social Networks, 68, pp. 60-69. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink , David Kretschmer , Frank Kalter (2022): Studying Youth' Group Identities, Intergroup Relations, and Friendship Networks: The Friendship and Identity in School Data. European Sociological Review, 38, 3, pp. 493-506. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Tobias Wolbring (2022): How to Deal With Reverse Causality Using Panel Data? Recommendations for Researchers Based on a Simulation Study. Sociological Methods & Research, 51, 2, pp. 837-865. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky (2022): In-Group Bias or Out-Group Reluctance? The Interplay of Gender and Religion in Creating Religious Friendship Segregation among Muslim Youth. Social Forces, 100, 3, pp. 1307–1332. More

Kaiser, Anna , David Kretschmer , Lars Leszczensky (2021): Social network-based cohorting to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in secondary schools: A simulation study in classrooms of four European countries. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 8, Sept. 21, pp. (article no. 100166). More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2020): Are Birds of a Feather Praying Together? Assessing Friends’ Influence on Muslim Youths’ Religiosity in Germany. Social Psychology Quarterly, 83, 3, pp. 251-271. More

Pink, Sebastian , David Kretschmer , Lars Leszczensky (2020): Choice Modelling in Social Networks Using Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models. Journal of Choice Modelling, 34, March, pp. (article 100202). More

Jugert, Philipp , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2020): Differential Influence of Same- and Cross-Ethnic Friends on Ethnic-Racial Identity Development in Early Adolescence. Child Development, 91, 3, pp. 949-963. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Andreas Flache , Lisa Sauter (2020): Does the share of religious ingroup members affect how important religion is to adolescents? Applying Optimal Distinctiveness Theory to four European countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46, 17, pp. 3703-3721. More

Jugert, Philipp , Sebastian Pink , Fenella Fleischmann , Lars Leszczensky (2020): Changes in Turkish- and resettler-origin adolescents' acculturation profiles of identification: A three-year longitudinal study from Germany. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 12, pp. 2476–2494. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Rahsaan Maxwell , Erik Bleich (2020): What Factors Best Explain National Identification among Muslim Adolescents? Evidence from Four European Countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46, 1, pp. 260-276. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2019): What Drives Ethnic Homophily? A Relational Approach on How Ethnic Identification Moderates Preferences for Same-Ethnic Friends. American Sociological Review, 84, 3, pp. 394-419. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Philipp Jugert , Sebastian Pink (2019): The Interplay of Group Identifications and Friendships: Evidence from Longitudinal Social Network Studies. Journal of Social Issues, 75, 2, pp. 460-485. More

Fleischmann, Fenella , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2019): Identity Threat and Identity Multiplicity among Minority Youth: Longitudinal Relations of Perceived Discrimination with Ethnic, Religious and National Identification in Germany. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58, 4, pp. 971-990. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2018): (K)eine Frage der Religion? Die Entwicklung der sozialen Integration christlicher und muslimischer Neuzuwanderer. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 47, 2, pp. 119–133. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2018): Young Immigrants' Host Country Identification and their Friendships with Natives: Does Relative Group Size Matter?. Social Science Research, 70, pp. 163-175. More

Jugert, Philipp , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2018): The Effects of Ethnic Minority Adolescents’ Ethnic Self-Identification on Friendship Selection. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 2, pp. 379-395. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2018): Selection and Influence Processes in Academic Achievement - More Pronounced for Girls?. Social Networks, 52, pp. 251-260. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Andreas Flache , Tobias Stark , Anke Munniksma (2018): The Relation between Ethnic Classroom Composition and Adolescents' Ethnic Pride. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21, 7, pp. 997-1013. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2017): Intra- and Inter-group Friendship Choices of Christian, Muslim, and Non-religious Youth in Germany. European Sociological Review, 33, 1, pp. 72-83. More

Stark, Tobias , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2017): Are there Differences in Ethnic Majority and Minority Adolescents' Friendship Preferences and Social Influence with Regard to their Academic Achievement?. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 20, 3, pp. 475-498. More

Schulz, Benjamin , Lars Leszczensky (2016): Native Friends and Host Country Identification Among Adolescent Immigrants in Germany: The Role of Ethnic Boundaries. International Migration Review, 50, 1, pp. 163-196. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Tobias H. Stark , Andreas Flache , Anke Munniksma (2016): Disentangling the Relation between Young Immigrants' Host Country Identification and their Friendships with Natives. Social Networks, 44, pp. 179-189. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Aitana Gräbs Santiago (2015): The Development and Test of a Measure of Youth's Ethnic and National Identity. Methods, data, analyses - mda , 9, 1, pp. 87-110. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2015): Ethnic Segregation of Friendship Networks in School: Testing a Rational-Choice Argument of Differences in Ethnic Homophily between Classroom- and Grade-Level Networks. Social Networks, 42, pp. 18-26. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2013): Do National Identification and Interethnic Friendships Affect One Another? A Longitudinal Test with Adolescents of Turkish Origin in Germany. Social Science Research, 42, 3, pp. 775-788. More

Presentation

Leszczensky, Lars , David Kretschmer , Kathrin Lämmermann (2023): Gendered Mutual Evaluations of Young Muslims and Non-Muslims in Germany. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2022): Beeinflusst muslimische Religiosität die Entstehung oder das Ausbleiben von Freundschaften zwischen muslimischen und nichtmuslimischen Jugendlichen?. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky , Kathrin Lämmermann (2022): Evaluations and Friendships of Muslim Youth in Germany: The Interplay of Religion and Gender. Results from a Survey Experiment among Young Adults. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2022): Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis in Social Network Analysis. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky (2021): Strong ties, strong homophily? Variation in uni- and multidimensional homophily on socio-demographic characteristics by relationship strength. More

Leszczensky, Lars , David Kretschmer (2020): Religious Friendship Segregation in German Schools: Bright Boundaries Everywhere or Contingent on Local Religious Composition?. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2020): Gendered Religious Friendship Segregation. More

Leszczensky, Lars , David Kretschmer (2020): Religious Friendship Segregation in German Schools: Bright Boundaries Everywhere or Contingent on Local Religious Composition?. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky (2019): Are there age-specific gender differences in the segregation of Muslim adolescents’ friendship networks?. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky , Swetlana Nowoshenowa (2019): Gender differences in religious segregation of adolescents’ friendship networks. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Andreas Flache (2018): Interdependence of Ethnic Identities?. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Rahsaan Maxwell , Erik Bleich (2018): What Factors Best Explain Adolescent European Muslims National Identification?. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Tobias Wolbring (2018): Wenn Y einen Einfluss auf X hat: Eine Simulationsstudie zum Umgang mit umgekehrter Kausalität mit Paneldaten. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2018): (K)eine Frage der Religion? Die Entwicklung der sozialen Integration christlicher und muslimischer Neuzuwanderer. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2018): Religion, Religiosity, and Friendships between Muslim and Non-Muslim Youth. More

Jugert, Philipp , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2017): Der Einfluss ethnischer Selbst-Zuschreibungen auf Freundschaftswahlen von Jugendlichen in ethnisch diversen Schulen. More

Jugert, Philipp , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2017): The Effects of Ethnic Minority Adolescents’ Ethnic Self-Identification on Friendship Selection. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Tobias Wolbring (2017): Kausale Inferenz mit Paneldaten. Eine Simulationsstudie zur Modellierung umgekehrter Kausalität. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Philipp Jugert , Sebastian Pink (2017): Adolescents. Ethnic Self- Identification and the Formation of Interethnic Friendships. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Philipp Jugert , Sebastian Pink (2017): The Effects of Ethnic Minority Adolescents' Ethnic Self-Identification on Friendship Selection. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2017): The Effects of Ethnic Self-Identification on Friendships among Ethnic Majority and Minority Adolescents. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2017): What Drives Ethnic Homophily? How Ethnic Identification Moderates Ingroup Preferences. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2017): What Drives Ethnic Homophily?. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2017): Friendship Networks and Group Identities. More

Kruse, Hanno , Sebastian Pink , Lars Leszczensky (2016): Measuring Homophily in Social Networks: How (not) to proceed using Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models for Network Change. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2016): Are Friendship Choices of Immigrants and Natives Affected by Immigrants’ Host Country Identification? The Role of Relative Group Size. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2016): Does Ethnic Classroom Composition Affect Identity-Based Friendship Choices of Immigrant and Native Adolescents?. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2016): Intra- and Inter-group Friendship Choices of Christian, Muslim and Nonreligious Adolescents in Germany. More

Jugert, Philipp , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2016): The effects of ethnic minority children's ethnic self-categorization on friendship selection in multi-ethnic schools. More

Kretschmer, David , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2016): Achievement Similarity Among Friends: Selection and Influence Processes. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Rahsaan Maxwell , Erik Bleich (2016): National Identification among Muslims in Europe: How (Un)important is Religiosity?. More

Fleischmann, Fenella , Lars Leszczensky , Sebastian Pink (2016): More Compatible or More Conflicting? A Longitudinal Approach to the Patterns of Ethnic, Religious, and National Identity among Minority Youth in Germany. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2016): Henne oder Ei? Paneldaten und das Problem umgekehrter Kausalität. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2016): Intra- and Inter-group Friendship Choices of Christian, Muslim and Nonreligious Adolescents in Germany. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2016): Are Friendship Choices of Immigrant and Native Adolescents Affected by Immigrants' Host Country Identification? The Role of Relative Group Size. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Rahsaan Maxwell , Erik Bleich (2016): National Identification among Muslim Adolescents in Europe: How (Un)Important Is Religiosity?. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2015): Can Panel Data Resolve Questions of Causal Ordering–and If So, How?. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2015): Ethnic Friendship Segregation in School. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2015): Ethnic Segregation of Friendship Networks in School. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2015): Ethnic Segregation of Friendship Networks in School: Testing a Rational Choice Argument of Differences in Ethnic Homophily between Classroom- and Grade-Level Networks. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2015): The Co-Evolution of Friendship Networks and Host Country Identification of Young Immigrants. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink (2014): Ethnic Friendship Segregation in School: Testing a Rational-Choice Argument of Differences between Class- and Grade-Level Networks. More

Schulz, Benjamin , Lars Leszczensky (2013): Group Differences in the Effect of Native Friends on National Identification of Adolescent Immigrants in Germany. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Tobias H. Stark (2013): Disentangling the Relationship between Young Immigrants' National Identification and their Friendships with Natives. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2012): Do National Identity and Interethnic Friendships Affect One Another?. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Benjamin Schulz (2012): Ethnic Network Composition and National Identification of Young Immigrants in Germany. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Benjamin Schulz (2012): Intergenerationaler Wandel ethnischer Identifikationen? Die Bedeutung der sozialen Einbettung von Migranten. More

Schulz, Benjamin , Lars Leszczensky (2012): Intergenerationaler Wandel nationaler Identität? Die Rolle elterlicher Identität für die nationale Identität ihrer Kinder. More

Leszczensky, Lars (2011): The Causal Interplay between Ethnic Identification and Friendship Networks of Turkish Youths in Germany. More

Bericht

Kretschmer, David , Swetlana Nowoshenowa , Lars Leszczensky (2023): Dokumentation der Primärdatenerhebung in Form von Gruppendiskussionen im Rahmen des Projekts „Religion, Religiosität und die sozial-identifikative Integration muslimischer Jugendlicher“. More

Kretschmer, David , Kathrin Lämmermann , Lars Leszczensky (2023): Dokumentation der Primärdatenerhebung in Form eines Online-Surveyexperiments im Rahmen des Projekts „Religion, Religiosität und die sozial-identifikative Integration muslimischer Jugendlicher“. More

MZES Arbeitspapier

Leszczensky, Lars , Harald Beier , Hanno Kruse , Sebastian Pink (2016): Collecting Network Panel Data in Schools: Practical Guidance Based on the Experiences of Three German Research Projects. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink , Frank Kalter (2015): Friendship and identity in school: Field report on Wave 1, Wave 2, and Wave 3 (Technical Report). More

Leszczensky, Lars , Aitana Gräbs Santiago (2014): Die Messung ethnischer und nationaler Identität von Kindern und Jugendlichen. More

Leszczensky, Lars , Sebastian Pink , Frank Kalter (2014): Freundschaft und Identität in der Schule: Feldbericht zu Welle 1 und Welle 2 (Technical Report). More

Thesis

Leszczensky, Lars (2016): Tell Me Who Your Friends Are? Disentangling the Interplay of Young Immigrants’ Host Country Identification and Their Friendships with Natives. More

Web Artikel

Leszczensky, Lars , Aitana Gräbs Santiago (2014): Ethnische und nationale Identität von Kindern und Jugendlichen. More

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