Ethnic attitudes among minority and majority children: The role of ethnic identification, peer group victimization and parents

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 558-570

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Late childhood; Parents; Peers; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036406095     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00215     Document Type: Article

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