A comparison of majority-race children with and without a minority-race friend

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-41

  Lease, A Michele ^a   Blake, Jamilia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross race peer relations; Friendship selection; Interracial friendship; Race relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244284642     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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