Friendship homophily among diaspora migrant adolescents in Germany and Israel

European Psychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-195

  Titzmann, Peter F ^a,b   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a   Schmitt Rodermund, Eva ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Department of Developmental Psychology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescent immigrants; Friendship formation; Friendship homophily

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548210891     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.12.3.181     Document Type: Article

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