The inter-ethnic friendships of adolescent students: A Canadian study

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-258

  Smith, Andrea ^a   Schneider, Barry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Canadian; Ethnic; Friendship; In group; Out group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148289     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(99)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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