The extension of school-based inter- and intraracial children's friendships: Influences on psychosocial well-being

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-285

  Fletcher, Anne C ^a   Rollins, Alethea ^a   Nickerson, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 3342903500     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.3.272     Document Type: Article

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