Direct and extended friendship effects on minority and majority children's interethnic attitudes: A longitudinal study

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-390

  Feddes, Allard R ^a,d   Noack, Peter ^b   Rutland, Adam ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Social Research and Intervention   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PORTUGAL; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 65349095745     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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