Can cross-group friendships influence minority students' well-being at historically white universities?

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 933-939

  Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^a   Page Gould, Elizabeth ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 54049084642     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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